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  • bronallbronall Posts: 19
    That would be fair enough if the subscriber only areas did not have irrelevant adverts but they do
  • bronallbronall Posts: 19
    Nollie said:
    You don’t have to have a subscription to access this forum, or the general GW website, it is FREE to use. But they have to fund the technical team to run it and other overheads, that’s why it has adverts.
    If you read my original post I was referring to reading an article, not reading a post in the forum.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I wouldn’t say you have to ‘pay’ for the Secret Garden bits either @Dovefromabove, it’s just an additional bonus if you have a subscription. In fact, I haven’t had a subscription to the magazine for 4 years but can still access it 😊 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
    bronall said:
    Nollie said:
    You don’t have to have a subscription to access this forum, or the general GW website, it is FREE to use. But they have to fund the technical team to run it and other overheads, that’s why it has adverts.
    If you read my original post I was referring to reading an article, not reading a post in the forum.
    If the article is in the Secret Garden section, then yes you need to be a subscriber ... but it's quite a new 'perk for subscribers' not part of the magazine subscription per se.

    However, there are loads of other parts of the GW website that are free to all, and they're all funded by the advertising. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bronallbronall Posts: 19
    Nollie said:
    I wouldn’t say you have to ‘pay’ for the Secret Garden bits either @Dovefromabove, it’s just an additional bonus if you have a subscription. In fact, I haven’t had a subscription to the magazine for 4 years but can still access it 😊 
    wow really, more fool those of us who pay then
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    bronall said:
    That would be fair enough if the subscriber only areas did not have irrelevant adverts but they do
    That's illogical ...... the paper magazine we pay for has adverts. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bronallbronall Posts: 19
    Dovefromabove said:
    bronall said:
    That would be fair enough if the subscriber only areas did not have irrelevant adverts but they do
    That's illogical ...... the paper magazine we pay for has adverts. 
    Doesn't make it more difficult to access the articles though does it
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Nollie said:
    I wouldn’t say you have to ‘pay’ for the Secret Garden bits either @Dovefromabove, it’s just an additional bonus if you have a subscription. In fact, I haven’t had a subscription to the magazine for 4 years but can still access it 😊 
    I phrased that clumsily ... as you've probably seen now I went on to describe it as 'a perk' for those who pay subscriptions. 

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Actually, I don’t look at SG very often, think they just forgot to cancel the link on my account when I cancelled my subscription and I wouldn’t really miss it if they cottoned on. I agree your point of view is illogical, the mag is choc full of ads. Ads are a part of life. Everywhere. You have to pay for the privilege of not having them, e.g. BBCTV. If it irks you so much, don’t subscribe to the mag or don’t look at SG.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • bronallbronall Posts: 19
    Wow. Page 1. Lovely helpful messages.
    Page 2 vitriolic nastiness
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