We need to pay better attention. Things like The Correspondant come along (https://thecorrespondent.com/ https://thecorrespondent.com/), and they're lucky if th

We need to pay better attention. Things like The Correspondant come along (https://thecorrespondent.com/ https://thecorrespondent.com/), and they're lucky if they succeed. I threw some money at them specifically because of the problems of today's news (ads and bad journalism). I wouldn't entirely be opposed to microtransactions, and I already send money to people on Patreon. ETA: I pay probably half a dozen services to eschew ads. I've been paying Consumer Reports for years for online access. I feel that if you can't figure out a way to make money without screwing over your customers (with ads or invasion of privacy), your business deserves to die in a fire, the sooner the better.