soft paywall

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soft paywall (plural soft paywalls)

  1. (Internet) A paywall that allows limited free access, such as by allowing each user to read a certain number of articles per month without paying.
    • 2014, The Guardian:
      Soft paywalls retain more users than hard paywalls - by a big margin.