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I don't think it's smart to pay to read stuff from a group that also gets money from advertisers. You're either the product or the customer, when in doubt you'l
by nraynaud 10y ago
I don't think it's smart to pay to read stuff from a group that also gets money from advertisers. You're either the product or the customer, when in doubt you'll be the product.
Real subscription journalism doesn't do advertising.
- offa 10y agoWhat 'real subscription journalism' big-name newspapers that don't do advertising can you name? I am honestly struggling to think of any.
- nraynaud 10y agoSorry, I'm French, so I can only cite you 2 French ones: Le Canard Enchainé (100 yo, no website) and Mediapart (pure web). We are talking serious news: the first one discovered that a minister had sent 1500 Jews in a train during WWII, the second one has discovered the minister charged of tax collection had an undeclared bank account in Switzerland.
- offa 10y agoThank you for your reply. I can read a little bit of French, so Mediapart is something I'll keep an eye on in the future.
- dredmorbius 10y agoAdvertising-free journalism has a far higher price. Always has. Independence isn't cheap. https://archive.org/stream/commercialismjou00holtuoft#page/16/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/commercialismjou00holtuoft#page/1...
- nraynaud 10y agoYes, and it needs to be that way, because they need to keep a treasure for the lawyers too.