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All the actual journalism getting paywalled probably isn't great for social/political discourse and our general grip on reality.
It's kind of ridiculous how quickly actual access to news and an informed world view, which WAS supposed to be one of the Internet's great advantages, has become a dream unless you pony up to the whimsies of every fucking publication board craving fat profits.
Yeah, plus it's not even like having to buy newspapers in the pre-internet days, it's all recurring subscriptions that are a pain to cancel. Truly a great shame.
It’s prices. You should be able to subscribe to a website for $3 a month
It sucks because journalists do need to make money to continue reporting. Spamming sites with ads is bad for the reader's experience too. Not totally sure what the solution is.
Just wait till they paywall the air.
Now you get that polluted city shit for free and only need to pay for access to premium country air. As time goes by we’ll all need to pay up.
On the bright side, that would come with a strong carbon tax and climate change would be much reduced.
Everything funded by a ton of ads wouldn't be great either. More state funding might be a solution but support for it is lackluster.