Maybe that model no longer works? I don't recall an option to pay for an online account and not have ads, or pay for a print version without ads. Why not? My po

Maybe that model no longer works? I don't recall an option to pay for an online account and not have ads, or pay for a print version without ads. Why not? My points is they were lazy (my experience) or simply just not innovative enough. Times change, behavior changes, technology changes. I don't see how forcing the marketplace to subsidize a failing business model simply because "freedom of the press" is codified in the Constitution is a good idea. Maybe the press needs a rethinking? Sites like Substack are showing that's the case. Lastly, I do want to see local newsrooms survive and thrive, I'm just stating my experience in hindsight gave me a perspective where I'm not entirely sympathetic to ideas like the one core to this thread.