If they really need to rely on dark patterns just to survive - which I highly doubt is the case - then they simply don’t deserve to survive.
Yes, it sucks, but that’s how the free market works.
Yes, it sucks, but that’s how the free market works.
If NYT actually relied on these tactics to keep themselves afloat, then I wouldn’t call it “thriving”, simply because these kinds of techniques are not sustainable at all in the long run.
And a common definition of thriving is growing in profitability, for which stock price can often be a good metric. Their stock price gas increased 289% over the last five years.