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I pay for the website and phone subscription. I'm probably going to get a tablet soon and it's annoying to me that I have to pay additionally for a tablet subscription. I have not seen this model anywhere else. Is it wrong that I think there should only be one digital subscription that covers everything? Is there something about he NYT tablet app that I am not aware of compared to the phone app?

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This reminds me of movies and "release windows" (releasing the same movie at different times in different countries & formats in an attempt to maximize profits).

It sounds, from this, like the NYT is still stuck in 20th century thinking and just doesn't understand how modern people use technology and information. Or maybe it does, but it is just too calcified in its current business model to understand how to get from point A (old business model) to point B (new/convenient/modern business model).

Same thing with cable TV and "cord cutters" (and "cord nevers") vs. Netflix that "just works" on various devices and seamlessly remembers where you were in a movie/episode if you switch devices.

There are quite a lot of things about ny times that you can't see anywhere else.

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