Neowin News Feed for: Paywall

Facebook WhatsApp Instagram features to stop being fully free, but many users actually happy

Sayan Sen — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:36:02 +0000

According to a new report, Meta has confirmed it is bringing subscriptions to Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Ironically, however, many users are actually very happy about this. Read more...

Cloudflare has a plan to make AI agents pay for crawling websites

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:46:01 +0000

Cloudflare is currently testing a solution that paywalls content specifically for AI web crawlers. The company has resurrected HTTP response code 402 for this purpose. Read more...

Crunchyroll to lock most One Piece episodes behind a paywall

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:06:02 +0000

After acquiring Crunchyroll for $1 billion, Sony plans to charge users for watching past episode 206 of One Piece. Read more...

TikTok rumoured to be working on a paywall feature for creators

Steve Bennett — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:08:02 +0000

In a way to drive growth on the platform, TikTok is turning to more different ways to help creators earn more money. The latest rumour is that it is working on a paywall feature for creators. Read more...

Microsoft is locking some existing Teams features behind the more expensive Premium tier

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:50:02 +0000

Microsoft is taking away some existing Teams functionalities such as live translated captions in an arguably hostile manner by locking them behind the more expensive Premium paywall next month. Read more...

Twitter could go behind a paywall under Musk's turbulent leadership

Fiza Ali — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:34:01 +0000

Reportedly, Elon Musk and David Sacks have put their heads together to formulate a new plan for increasing revenue. According to the latest plan, the bird could go behind the bars of a paywall. Read more...

YouTube ends controversial experiment with Premium 4K playback

Taras Buria — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:42:02 +0000

Google has ended the controversial experiment of putting 4K videos on YouTube behind a paywall. The company has confirmed that all users should now be able to watch high-res videos without Premium. Read more...

Google might force users to pay for Premium to watch videos in 4K on YouTube

Taras Buria — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 18:58:02 +0000

Some users have spotted a weird change in their YouTube apps: Google now allows high-res streaming only for those subscribed to YouTube Premium, leaving only 1440p and lower available for free. Read more...

Instagram boosts monetization using ‘Subscriptions', paywalling feed posts and chats

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:38:01 +0000

Instagram is expanding the “Subscription” monetization platform and adding new features which will allow content creators to post stories, feed posts, and hold chats just for paying subscribers. Read more...

This simple URL trick can help you block YouTube ads and bypass paywalls

Mehrotra A — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 08:42:01 +0000

Most of the websites and video publishers on the web either serve ads or use paywalls. However, if you are frustrated by the experience then there is a simple trick to block ads or bypass paywalls. Read more...

EA's excuse for paywalls in Battlefront II is Reddit's most hated comment

Usama Jawad — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:38:01 +0000

EA's contrived excuse for paywalls, loot boxes, and an unrewarding progression system has become the most downvoted comment in Reddit's history, facing loads of backlash from furious gamers. Read more...