Someone Tell The New York Times I Have More Than One Device

Lex Friedman: “We noticed multiple devices using this subscription,” The New York Times tells me. “I notice I own more than one device, you insane app,” I scream into the void. First of all, let me point out that even if this policy were working as intended, it is batshit crazy. Imagine if I subscribed to the legacy paper edition (gross; newsprint is disgusting). The New York Times wouldn’t charge me extra for handing the paper to my spouse or kid to read an article. But even if we think this “family sharing crackdown” is reasonable, the implementation is idiotic. The devices The New York Times keeps flagging are on the same network, visiting from the same IP address. They all visit the site pretty frequently. They’ve all passed the “email code” test repeatedly. In my younger years, I dabbled with a few online newspaper subscriptions, including The New York Times and they all did a terrible job of moving to digital. I had to practically fake my own death to end a subscription to local…