I'd say the second sentence misses the mark. There were roughly no people who subscribed to newspapers only for classifieds. Buy one, sure, not everyone would

I'd say the second sentence misses the mark. There were roughly no people who subscribed to newspapers only for classifieds. Buy one, sure, not everyone would have a subscription so they'd pick one up if job hunting or looking for a used couch. The problem was those people didn't want to pay the price a newspaper would have to charge, after losing their lucrative classified customers to a free alternative. The part where the Internet took over the role of the rest of the newspaper came after, as a feedback loop.