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Is there a good news site worth paying for today that actually has ALL news. It infuriates me that when I go to CNN.com's "news" site, there are ads at the bot
by ipunchghosts 6y ago
Is there a good news site worth paying for today that actually has ALL news. It infuriates me that when I go to CNN.com's "news" site, there are ads at the bottom with things like "Before you review Amazon Prime, read this" and "America's #1 Stock Picker: 'Must buy now'" How can anyone be okay with this?
This is like picking up an astronomy journal that has ads in the back for psychics.
- goatherders 6y agoCNN used to be my preferred news site but its turned into garbage as you mentioned. I tried to read a lost this morning about antibody tests and gave up when I faced 2 ads, 2 stock pictures, and an image of the author before I had made it to the 4th sentence. Would gladly pay a reasonable amount of money for a news site.
- rr60 6y agoYou might enjoy http://lite.cnn.com http://lite.cnn.com Gets rid of all the cruft on the site and just shows you article text.
- zo1 6y agoIts not just CNN, all of them are doing it. Another really bad one: EBay! At this point we need to realize that websites are just placeholders for virtual billboards that they then sell to advertisers. It's a really bad incentive for them to add to their website, as it fundamentally changes their revenue model. It's no longer about (as an example) making sure you find the right product (and lots of it) so that they can make a large cut out of the sale. Instead, they prioritize "eyeballs" and ridiculous page after page views of exactly the same products because they get more ad-views that way.