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Facebook 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
by colinmhayes 5y ago
Facebook 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.