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> I wouldn't mind paying for quality journalism, and thus support journalists like Ms Brown. I don't know in the english-speaking world, apart from the Interc
by southerntofu 5y ago
> I wouldn't mind paying for quality journalism, and thus support journalists like Ms Brown.
I don't know in the english-speaking world, apart from the Intercept who i understand has its own internal controversies, but in the french-speaking world we have a few independent publications, like CQFD, L'envolée, Le Monde Libertaire, Mediapart, Le Canard Enchaîné... I assume it's the same on your side of the ocean and they're just not well known?
> Let Google track my reading
Why would you need tracking? There's some donation-based subscriptions for publications, and a centralized donation dashboard sounds amazing. Liberapay and similar donation-based platforms are good for that kind of stuff.
Also, how would you actually measure? Size in bytes of content? Number of characters? Time spent? Is there any metric that can be fair to all and cannot be gamed to maximize profits while not providing quality content?
- LorenPechtel 5y agoTracking makes sense in this case--divvying up the amount received according to which articles you read. Basically Kindle Unlimited for newspapers.
- southerntofu 5y agoAccording to what criteria, as i was asking in my parent comment? I don't think we can find a fair one. Also Kindle Unlimited, what's that? Is that like spotify/netflix for ebooks? I'm personally hostile to private companies operating such schemes, but as a public service it sounds like it may make sense. Of course, the tracking is unacceptable either way, and we should pursue better models in order to finance cultural productions. Hint: the answers are the same as for every other area of activities (including free software), just redistribute the **ing wealth already, which the people who "own" it didn't produce.