There's a perverse incentive to having publishers compete for user engagement, in that it undermines real journalism. The former is how you get listicles and m

There's a perverse incentive to having publishers compete for user engagement, in that it undermines real journalism. The former is how you get listicles and meaningless interviews with people who share publicists with someone more famous (like their parents). It leads to empty evergreen content that just gets clicks and views. The latter how you get real investigative journalism, like the newspapers who reported based on Edward Snowden, or Watergate. It's sad to see apple doing this, when they could easily empower users to choose how they divide their money, similar to humble bundle.