It's fine that this thread turned into a software subscription debate, but there's one thing troubling, very troubling, around the news subscription model: The

It's fine that this thread turned into a software subscription debate, but there's one thing troubling, very troubling, around the news subscription model: These paywalls are blocking information about current events and one can argue that a society has an interest in keeping its population up to date on local and world events. Now, if all the reliable media will appeal mostly to people with means, what exactly are we expecting to happen?