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This is a lost battle. Every news website does this now. Even reputable newspapers who would never consider adding a pointless photograph in print have it as a
by Freak_NL 6y ago
This is a lost battle. Every news website does this now. Even reputable newspapers who would never consider adding a pointless photograph in print have it as a requirement for every online version of the same articles.
I find it insulting to me as reader. Perhaps they should offer a toggle for it in the user settings.
- tsimionescu 6y agoNewspaper usually need to be printed as cheap as possible, so printing images probably damages that requirement. Media where printing costs are not a major problem (such as magazines) have always included pictures, mostly as an aesthetic choice - to most (if not all) people, graphical elements here and there make the pages simply look more appealing.
- aitchnyu 6y agoThey should use Unsplash. Many a blog post which would have shown a pic of a hoodied hacker starting at minified JS code instead shows a beautiful landscape for our pleasure.
- watwut 6y agoI cant comprehend why would you find it insulting. I mean, this is not even nano-aggression, it really says nothing at all and even less something bad about you.