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I'm not responsible for putting food on their tables. Perhaps if their content is worth money, they can charge for it. If they can't get people to pay for the
by stonogo 11y ago
I'm not responsible for putting food on their tables. Perhaps if their content is worth money, they can charge for it.
If they can't get people to pay for their content, maybe they should consider a line of work they can monetize without subjecting every single transaction to third-party skimming and engendering massive surveillance projects.
- imtringued 11y agoThe problem with that approach is that you put everything behind a wall. Only the "rich" will have access to information. I wouldn't call that a free (as in freedom) and open web.
- stonogo 11y agoI disagree. Libraries existed before the internet, and if the internet were healthy, it would contain an analog.
- imtringued 11y agoDo you really believe sites like stackoverflow should be locked behind a paywall? This will put poor people and especially children who don't have access to their parents credit at a massive disadvantage. I don't think you have realised it but I'm not talking about news sites that optimize their profits with click bait, this is about the entire internet.