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A little bit off topic: but I couldn't even start to read the article because "I reached my article limit" out of I site I never visited before... What are they using to determine how many articles I've read?

Opening in a private window solved the issue, however I'm pretty sure I don't regularly read anything on this site (maybe never was an overstatement?).



Seems totally possible that the limit is 0...


Yes, the thought crossed my mind too... But then I tried a private window and it opened, so maybe the other suggestion that the cookies are very long lived is right.


I clean my cookies after every session online and had the same problem, so maybe the limit really is 0 but the dev never actually considered people using private windows? Like you could bypass NYT paywalled by disabling Java Script?


Nowadays platforms seem to track IP addresses and other signals to grant limits. Using a VPN works.


Exact same experience here.


Shared public IP?


Maybe their cookies are very long-term and you visited this site 6 months ago?




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