Go Ad-Free & Single Page Articles With The Phoronix 2023 Oktoberfest Sale

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Phoronix: Go Ad-Free & Single Page Articles With The Phoronix 2023 Oktoberfest Sale

While there is (sadly) once again no Phoronix pilgrimage/meet-up at Oktoberfest this year, there is the annual Phoronix Premium sale special for those wishing to support the site at a discounted rate to enjoy ad-free viewing, multi-page articles on a single page, native dark mode, and other benefits...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/2023-Oktoberfest-Sale

[unixpoet]

On the topic of subscriptions, would you consider providing subscribers with full article RSS feeds?

[ATLief]

Would it be possible to pay for the discounted subscription on a monthly basis? Or maybe every 3 months?

[Michael]

On the topic of subscriptions, would you consider providing subscribers with full article RSS feeds?

That's still an active issue/matter for handling authentication... Short of creating a unique URL for each user and making sure it's not abused. And that some RSS readers have problems loading the SVG graphs of benchmark results. But it's one I am still thinking about.

[zexelon]

Custom avatars for paying users would be a nice touch!

[Michael]

Custom avatars for paying users would be a nice touch!

Will take a look at how feasible that is with the forum software, thanks!

[mirmirmir]

I want to subscribe, but there's no way to properly do that from where I live.

[unixpoet]

That's still an active issue/matter for handling authentication... Short of creating a unique URL for each user and making sure it's not abused. And that some RSS readers have problems loading the SVG graphs of benchmark results. But it's one I am still thinking about.

Subscriber-unique URLs is how other sites do this, yes, like Ars Technica. My personal opinion is that client bugs shouldn't stop you providing a feature (and indeed it may motivate patches!), but you do what you think is best

[baka0815]

Michael I just sent you $10. Allow yourself a beer. Prost! ;-)

[Michael]

Michael I just sent you $10. Allow yourself a beer. Prost! ;-)

Thanks, prost!