: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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Both apps have the same feature paywalls and review pop-up reminders as DaVinci AI.
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Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (through conference calls, social media groups, and more).
—Daniel Twining, National Review, 30 Nov. 2024
Zoom out: The audio subscription is part of a broader, yearslong effort by The Times to grow its subscription business by putting more content, such as newsletters or podcasts, behind the paywall once its audience has reached a critical mass.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
How to block bots in one click Increasingly, creators fighting to control what happens with their content have been pushed to either sue AI companies to block unwanted scraping, as The New York Times has, or put content behind paywalls, decreasing public access to information.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
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Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (through conference calls, social media groups, and more).
—Daniel Twining, National Review, 30 Nov. 2024
Zoom out: The audio subscription is part of a broader, yearslong effort by The Times to grow its subscription business by putting more content, such as newsletters or podcasts, behind the paywall once its audience has reached a critical mass.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
How to block bots in one click Increasingly, creators fighting to control what happens with their content have been pushed to either sue AI companies to block unwanted scraping, as The New York Times has, or put content behind paywalls, decreasing public access to information.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Paywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paywall. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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paywall
noun
pay·wall
ˈpā-ˌwȯl 
: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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