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They're asking that people stay off NYT games and cooking-related pages:
NYT Games and Cooking are BEHIND THE PICKET LINE. Please don’t play or engage with Games or Cooking content while the strike lasts!
News coverage — including election coverage — is NOT behind the picket line. It’s okay to read and share that, though the site and app may very well have problems.
Believe it or not, that is a seriously hard ask for a lot of people, especially the part about the games.
They should do it anyway, but I bet a lot won't. Like my uncle used to do the NYT crossword every day in pen. Because he's super smart and says it's cheating if you use a pencil. I never talk to him, but he's probably doing it online these days. Either way, I could picture him in the corner, twitching and going through NYT crossword withdrawal.
As a fellow NYT-crossword-every-day guy, there’s very little chance he’s doing it on the computer. It’s not the same. It’s like a decades-long pack-a-day smoker switching to vape pens.
That makes sense.
But, I'll lose my streak!
Calm down. It’s not Duolingo. Your family is safe.
Don't take this as advice to ignore the picketers, this is a genuine question because I don't understand.
Wouldn't it be more effective to have MORE people do the games today, and for them to disable ads and trackers when they do? Put strain on the services while the workers are on strike, highlighting the need for them.
I don’t think it could ever add up to a significant amount without the whole planet doing so. Not using the services today sends a measurable number of people who are behind the strike, instead of just most likely making it a very successful day numbers-wise.
I don't think sabotaging the product is a wise move if they ever will land a new job.
It's different from laying down work temporarily for a better bargain position, and asking users to support them with that, because it's a bit different than a car factory that stops working immmediatly as a result.
If car workers would go out of their way to destroy already produced cars or the machines, they wouldn't last long at the bargain table.
Sorry, I mean for users respecting the boycott to choose to simultaneously not give NYT any ad money while also causing load on the games servers.