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The news companies don't want clicks, they want subscribers. They don't want traffic from Google News or Facebook, they want users to open their own app/newspap
by jonny_eh 3y ago
The news companies don't want clicks, they want subscribers. They don't want traffic from Google News or Facebook, they want users to open their own app/newspaper directly.
- majormajor 3y agoI also imagine that there's a pretty low clickthrough rate for FB embeds of news articles, compared to "see headline, leave angry comment" engagement that only benefits Facebook without returning anything to the publishers.
- jonny_eh 3y agoThis may have downstream benefits to public discourse.
- subarctic 3y agoIf that's the case, whey don't they stop posting their content to social media? Is the idea with this bill to prevent a race to the bottom, where all the news organizations post their content for free in order to compete with each other?
- jonny_eh 3y agoWhile social media shows news items, the traditional outlets need to compete THERE. If there's no more news on social media, the hope is that people will close those apps and open their local news app.
- goodbyesf 3y ago> The news companies don't want clicks, they want subscribers. My understanding is that news companies make their money primarily on ads. If it's subs, then why don't these news companies go entirely behind a paywall and demand google and facebook remove all links to their content. Instead, they are using government to essentially steal money from tech companies for those links. Their actions doesn't align with your assertions.
- jonny_eh 3y ago> and demand google and facebook remove all links to their content Then users will get their news for "rando-AI generated news outlet" posting on FB instead.