&quot;Oh well, there goes another outlet. They can all do this, I don&#x27;t care. Just won&#x27;t read their content. Eventually there won&#x27;t be any good non-paywalled content left, and I&#x27;ll just figure something else out.&quot;<p>It reeks of desperation on their part - no good options left for their business or their business model.<p>That being said, while I will not miss wired.com at all, I <i>will</i> miss a site like arstechnica and would hate to think they are in the same boat ...<p>Presumably, given the even higher level of technical acumen among their readers, ars might be in an even worse situation.