WIRED launches paywall, "Ideas" section, and "WIRED Guides"

I like the value proposition of a technology oriented reference manual. I assume it will be roughly the caliber of what you would get in a 'survey' undergrad class but moving from 'news' to living documents that will be updated and can be referenced for the current state of the art interests me. Can users subscribe to updates?

That being said, are they trying to make their readers groan? "WIRED has always prided itself on what we call mind grenades—expansive, surprising ideas that change the way the world thinks."

Edit: Damn, I read it again. Why make the guides a series of essays and links? The value should be distilling all the news into a comprehensive picture of the subject. You've taken the step to collect all the puzzle pieces in the same place, why stop just shy of putting them together?

Tell me that the “free” Yubikey is just a give away, and not used for logging into said paywall. For import assets, I’ll happily use real (read: slightly inconvenient) 2FA. But a magazine subscription?