You could also see if it's something your employer allows you to expense. It's still cheap enough that it's something most managers can just approve directly, depending on organizational structures.

I suspect everybody likely to do so has already done so. Anybody who thinks $6 a month is a lot of money will also think $5 a month is a lot of money for something that they can get for free by waiting a week.

Based on the initial response, it does not, in fact, seem like this is the conclusion.

A dummy take on the LWN subscription price increase without valid reasons why.

This account, `thataccount` has only negative comments that contribute naught.

They could always bump down a tier if needed, they have 6 months to decide anyway.