Nilay Patel, for The Verge:

Today we’re launching a Verge subscription that lets you get rid of a bunch of ads, gets you unlimited access to our top-notch reporting and analysis across the site and our killer premium newsletters, and generally lets you support independent tech journalism in a world of sponsored influencer content. […]

A surprising number of you have asked us to launch something like this, and we’re happy to deliver. If you don’t want to pay, rest assured that big chunks of The Verge will remain free — we’re thinking about subscriptions a lot differently than everyone else. […]

$50 per year, or $7 a month is a great deal.

It’s no secret that lots of great websites and publications have gone under over the past few years as the open web falls apart, and it’s clear that directly supporting the creators you love is a big part of how everyone gets to stay working on the modern internet.

At the same time, we didn’t want to simply paywall the entire site — it’s a tragedy that traditional journalism is retreating behind paywalls while nonsense spreads across platforms for free.

As someone who runs a (mostly) paywalled site, this really resonates with me. I wish all great sites could be free and accessible without paywalls, but the economics just aren’t there yet—especially if you want to avoid gross ads and privacy-invasive data policies.

The print magazine looks amazing too. Worth signing up for me to get full text RSS feeds. I’m rooting for Nilay and this team. Still doing things the right way after all of these years.