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I think that this is a good summary of the problem. The incentives seems misaligned. And I am not sure that paying for content would magically make this disappe
by q-base 4y ago
I think that this is a good summary of the problem. The incentives seems misaligned. And I am not sure that paying for content would magically make this disappear. Or if so, then the companies should offer completely different products to paying customers, not just ad-free experiences.
- dingusdew 4y ago[dead]
- 8bitsrule 4y agoThere's a dilemma. If the news sources knew what your preferences were, and you'd somehow pay the cost of filtering the news, then they could ship you just what you wanted. No more stories about mishaps across-the-ocean, or on topics that disinterest or rankle you, or from agencies you don't trust or want to support. OTOH, who wants their detailed preferences out in the wild? Clearly a tailored model is better; how can that be implemented, in a way that doesn't filter out what you do want to hear about? Seems like the filtering should happen at the client end. Are there ways to do that? (EG I might temporarily want to follow something for a week. Then not.) But: what's the incentive for the sources to feed your filters?