If the media orgs in Australia were able to convert their Facebook traffic into newsletter subscribers as easily as this there would be little fury in the media

If the media orgs in Australia were able to convert their Facebook traffic into newsletter subscribers as easily as this there would be little fury in the media. After all, they would have stopped Facebook profiting off the back of their content AND kept their readers. The fact that The Australian media is steaming about the policy change, running negative stories about Facebook across almost all mainstream sources, and urging/willing the government to somehow crack down on Facebook for making the choice they did suggests that maybe they are hurting quite a bit more than they might be letting on with their newsletter/app pushes.