Folks have noted that including links rewards the NYT with traffic for running this article. They're right! So I'm going to delete the first post in this thread - here it is as a screenshot for context.
If it makes you feel any better, after clicking the link in your post and reading that article, I finally threw in the towel and canceled my subscription. (And sent them a little rant about it in the "why are you canceling?" field, although I have no idea who if anyone reads those things.)