I would love to have an option between flat rate and non-expiring prepaid. Let me pay e.g 100$ into an account and subtract some cents for every article I read. Or maybe I&#x27;m just weird with my dislike of subscriptions in general:)<p>I&#x27;d be happily spending the equivalent of a annual nyt subscription per year but I&#x27;m not willing to pay that amount to a sole news site. As it is, everybody tries to do a vendor lock-in while whining that  people are not walking into or get out of that trap.