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> 3. Google and Facebook cause a large preference for free content. And hackernews. I think the most frequent kind of post on this site is a complaint about a
by creato 6y ago
> 3. Google and Facebook cause a large preference for free content.
And hackernews. I think the most frequent kind of post on this site is a complaint about a paywall. The second most frequent kind of post is a workaround or alternative source sidestepping a paywall.
edit: That's not to say the scale is anywhere near the same. HN is a not going to show up on any news site's radar. But the problem is the same.
- im3w1l 6y agoAgreed. And I just want to clarify: I don't think there are any bad guys here. Just a dysfunctional system.
- drusepth 6y agoCouldn't it be argued that people just have a large preference for free content regardless of how they find it? With such a focus on money, having it, and keeping it (especially in the West), it seems only natural that people would naturally gravitate towards free content of all kinds. If not through HN/Google/wherever, it seems they'd spend the time figuring out a way to find it elsewhere.