The web was built to facilitate the exchange of knowledge. Ad-sponsored content, despite shortcomings, has so far kept textual content mostly free of charge (t

The web was built to facilitate the exchange of knowledge. Ad-sponsored content, despite shortcomings, has so far kept textual content mostly free of charge (talking about content that wouldn’t exist by voluntary contribution here). I fear this push for paywalls is merely going to further disadvantage poor people and people in developing countries who can’t easily hook into whatever payment scheme that is required. No, I don’t have a great solution other than the status quo.