November 2, 2005
The
Washington
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been reading your newspaper for as long as I can
remember. I grew up in
Having said this, I still like to read the online edition of
The Washington Post to keep up on
- Yahoo!
- Vonage
- Lufthansa (twice)
- British Airways
- Dell
Not only are there far too many ads, but some of them move. I find this to be extremely distracting to my reading. In fact, I find it so distracting that I often find myself closing the article when I have only read about one paragraph of it.
I understand that you have a “Washington Post Electronic Edition” available for $9.95/month. I find two things wrong with this. First of all, $9.95/month is too much to pay for a newspaper subscription that isn’t even printed. Secondly, since it is an exact replica of the actual newspaper, there of course are still advertisements. I would likely be willing to pay for the electronic edition if it were ad-free.
There is also one other “solution” to the ad problem. As I am sure you are aware, there is software that allows you to block advertisements from websites. I have used such software in the past, and it works well. However, I find this software to be dishonest – there is an understanding that I am being provided the content for “free” because of the fact that there are advertisements that I have to view.
Because of the reasons stated above, I do not currently read The Washington Post. Please inform me of any current or future plans you have to offer an ad-free subscription to the “Washington Post Electronic Edition”.
Sincerely,
Stuart Matthews
2240 Larkin Street
