Forbes.com Now Requires Subscription
Today, I noticed that Forbes.com now requires a subscription:
I like the following tweet from @cfoandrew:
Just bought a subscription to @Forbes pretty much entirely because it was the only way to keep reading @taxgirl
— Andrew 'Just Care About People' Carroll (@cfoandrew) January 13, 2021
So whoever keeps track over there that money is for her.
And I agree with the following tweets from @korlando2251:
I'm going to subscribe... between @nittiaj @taxgirl and @peterreillycpa, I'm regularly reading or referring to Forbes articles.
— Not That Karen (@korlando2251) January 6, 2021
Absolutely! And its only $6.99/mth. The value we get from those articles far exceeds the cost imo.
— Not That Karen (@korlando2251) January 6, 2021
I also get so much value from reading posts by @taxgirl and other Forbes writers. But I currently don’t need to subscribe to Forbes.com because I can read posts from Forbes.com and articles from Forbes magazine (and many other news sources) through Apple News+.
The point that @taxtherapist505 in her tweet is important:
Yep. Me too. And @janetnovack. Want all those Tweeps to keep writing and keep getting paid.
— Amber Gray-Fenner, EA 💚🦈💚 (@taxtherapist505) January 6, 2021
I wonder: How will contributors now be compensated when some readers, like me, will not subscribe to Forbes.com because they get the content elsewhere? While it is true that the prior monetization strategy for Forbes.com – serving ads – was not as effective for people who get their content delivered elsewhere, there were times when I went to Forbes.com directly to read posts there. Now, after my 4 free articles, I cannot access posts at Forbes.com, so they cannot serve me any ads.