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The sad thing is that newspapers allow that themselves. They can block out google and FB but they don't want to. It's a similar tragic fate to that of a drug ad
by cblconfederate 5y ago
The sad thing is that newspapers allow that themselves. They can block out google and FB but they don't want to. It's a similar tragic fate to that of a drug addict. However if content-makers want to overcome this they need to cut off big tech access to their content, at least temporarily.
The frontpage of HN is mostly news articles and some blogs. They get a lot of exposure, a lot of readership. Yet somehow google + FB end up making the money.
- colinmhayes 5y agoFacebook and Google control demand. If a newspaper doesn't let them post their content the aggregators will just grab an article that is nominally the same from a different publisher that does provide them access.
- _aavaa_ 5y agoIf their content is so interchangeable, why should they all stay in business?
- colinmhayes 5y agoSomeone has to actually write the content before everyone else copies it.
- AniseAbyss 5y agoUltimately Google will just give some desperate Afgan kid a 100 dollar bill and a smartphone. That kid will be killed a few weeks later and replaced by a new one. The new journalists.
- PeterisP 5y agoCopyright is a thing. When many newspapers and news sites have the exact same content, they're generally licensing it from a large news agency which actually wrote the story, it's not someone just illegally ripping off their paywalled content. On the other hand, if multiple sites can each write equivalent content, then there's nothing wrong with competition eliminating whomever is weakest - the more expensive (not free), the less viral (harder to share), etc.