Thread by @patio11

I kind of want to quote Matt Levine's latest at you but it's almost all quotable so, in lieu of quoting it, can I again recommend it:

1) It is the best column covering tech or finance
2) I read it daily
3) If you follow me, it is almost certainly relevant to your interests.

Because media, it is surprisingly difficult for me to give you a URL which maps to that call to action but I think it is this one:

link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/join/4wm/money…

You get the column delivered as a free newsletter; otherwise there is some paywall thing that I am too tired to figure out.

(I would happily pay whatever I do for my WSJ subscription to either a) whomever carries his column or b) his column, just by itself, if I trusted any media company to be able to consummate that transaction reliably.)

Me: "Hello! I grew up reading your physical newspaper daily on my father's knee. It taught me to read and is my very image of the professional I aspire to be."
WSJ: "What I'm hearing is you want to be prompted to log in a lot."
Me: "What no."
WSJ: "Username and password?"

Me: "You're a multi-billion dollar media company."
WSJ: "Username and password?"
Me: "You report on tech. You must have met a web developer once. Can you ask them how to solve this problem?"
WSJ: "Identity and authentication are nuanced TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE SUBSCRIBE"