> Traditional newspapers never sold news; they sold an audience to advertisers. Hey, it's HN's favorite (if tired) maxim about "if you're not the customer you'

> Traditional newspapers never sold news; they sold an audience to advertisers. Hey, it's HN's favorite (if tired) maxim about "if you're not the customer you're the product". I usually think of that applied to Google or startups, not sure why I never made the connection with non-paywalled news sites.