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>> Kill it off, and media will shift to a different model The alternative model is to make users pay. Imagine all news sites hiding behind paywalls. Advertisin

• TeMPOraL 7y ago
  > Imagine all news sites hiding behind paywalls. I imagine this and I think we'd end up with a much saner world, but that's a separate topic. One twist to that business model I can imagine that - I feel - would allow private news sites to exist while not burdening people and making the state actually pay for its democracy protection service is: allow everyone to deduct money they spend on news subscriptions from their taxes. This way, the free market for independent news services still works, but now the state is funding it - as it should, since timely news is a public good. > it is also most convenient for the end users That's because true costs are distributed and hidden; that doesn't mean they aren't there.
• adangert 7y ago
  Another alternative is patreon. Remove all ads on your site other than ones to your crowdfunding page. Users are happy, the site makes money in proportion to it's quality.