Hate Recipe Paywalls!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate that you have to scroll through the author’s fond memories of cooking with nonna and 12784 ads to get to an actual recipe!

And then there is a whole section just describing the ingredients. Like what more can you say about bacon!

Add 'cooked.wiki/' (without the quotes) in front of the https. You're welcome!

Thank you!!! I tried a NYTimes recipe behind paywall and it worked. Now I just have to remember next time LOL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate that you have to scroll through the author’s fond memories of cooking with nonna and 12784 ads to get to an actual recipe!

And then there is a whole section just describing the ingredients. Like what more can you say about bacon!

Download the recipe app. It allows you to upload those recipes into it so you on,y see the ingredients and directions. It’s life changing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that you have to scroll through the author’s fond memories of cooking with nonna and 12784 ads to get to an actual recipe!

And then there is a whole section just describing the ingredients. Like what more can you say about bacon!

Add 'cooked.wiki/' (without the quotes) in front of the https. You're welcome!

Thank you!!! I tried a NYTimes recipe behind paywall and it worked. Now I just have to remember next time LOL

You can also save the recipes, so it's easy to go back to it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cheapskate.

It’s not being cheap. If you are advertising on social media, let people click on the recipe!!

They’re running a business, not a charity. You are free to find the recipes elsewhere.

+100

I hate ppl who complain abt paywall or the narratives included before you get to the recipe.

Freeloaders. Lazy ppl who have no creative or cooking skills thinking they’re entitled to other ppls work for free.

This is not freeloading. You can go to the library and get all these newspaper, magazines and books for free. People blog about these recipes and you can get them for free. There is no need for a firewall. People are getting these recipes for free already. Why are these people lazy? People are not entitled, it’s already free out there. You just have to look. Everyone is circumventing the firewalls anyways and already getting the recipes for free. Just get rid of the firewall.

No.

[Anonymous]

Americas test kitchen does this too

Sometimes I just google "ATK xyzrecipe" or "NYT marcella bolognese" and someone else will have re-posted it on their own blog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cheapskate.

It’s not being cheap. If you are advertising on social media, let people click on the recipe!!

They’re running a business, not a charity. You are free to find the recipes elsewhere.

+100

I hate ppl who complain abt paywall or the narratives included before you get to the recipe.

Freeloaders. Lazy ppl who have no creative or cooking skills thinking they’re entitled to other ppls work for free.

This is not freeloading. You can go to the library and get all these newspaper, magazines and books for free. People blog about these recipes and you can get them for free. There is no need for a firewall. People are getting these recipes for free already. Why are these people lazy? People are not entitled, it’s already free out there. You just have to look. Everyone is circumventing the firewalls anyways and already getting the recipes for free. Just get rid of the firewall.

Then do the work to get them for free, lazy bum!

[Anonymous]

I quit fighting it and finally subscribed to NYT. I pretty much only look at recipes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cheapskate.

+1

Pay up, Zoomer.

[Anonymous]

Agree, OP. If you just want a recipe and their pretty presentation entices you to click. But I have the subscription and feel like I’m paying to read the comments - I find them much more valuable than the recipes themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate that you have to scroll through the author’s fond memories of cooking with nonna and 12784 ads to get to an actual recipe!

And then there is a whole section just describing the ingredients. Like what more can you say about bacon!

Hit “jump to recipe” then “print recipe” - the print option takes you to an add free PDF essentially.

[Anonymous]

This is an open forum. It’s for people to rant. Why is this person being called lazy an cheap? Why so hateful? It’s just an innocent rant, for funsies.

I agree it’s annoying. Scroll on. You can disagree also. That’s what open forums are for. Does it make you feel better to be demeaning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an open forum. It’s for people to rant. Why is this person being called lazy an cheap? Why so hateful? It’s just an innocent rant, for funsies.

I agree it’s annoying. Scroll on. You can disagree also. That’s what open forums are for. Does it make you feel better to be demeaning?

It certainly makes me feel better to point out that people are demanding free labor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an open forum. It’s for people to rant. Why is this person being called lazy an cheap? Why so hateful? It’s just an innocent rant, for funsies.

I agree it’s annoying. Scroll on. You can disagree also. That’s what open forums are for. Does it make you feel better to be demeaning?

You are free to rant, and we are free to point out that what you want would lead to unemployment for us journalists. You want to steal from me - I am free to point out that I don’t like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. If you just want a recipe and their pretty presentation entices you to click. But I have the subscription and feel like [/b]I’m paying to read the comments - I find them much more valuable than the recipes themselves.[b]

Yup. Must read the comments for recipes, because the recipes aren’t always that great, as written.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an open forum. It’s for people to rant. Why is this person being called lazy an cheap? Why so hateful? It’s just an innocent rant, for funsies.

I agree it’s annoying. Scroll on. You can disagree also. That’s what open forums are for. Does it make you feel better to be demeaning?

Triggered? If you feel demeaned because someone points out that someone is a freeloader and an entitled lazy bum, than that’s on you.

It’s not an innocent rant either. Ppl are posting tips on how to freeload more easily.

Ppl are going to do it anyway, but don’t think there’s anything defensible about it. Ppl freeload bc they only think of themselves and are lazy.