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The problem is that the content offered most of the time is not good enough to pay for it. For instance the so called news. Most newspapers publish ready made
by varispeed 3y ago
The problem is that the content offered most of the time is not good enough to pay for it.
For instance the so called news. Most newspapers publish ready made stories with their own editorial take at best. Articles are typically processed by LLM so the wording is slightly different than the stock story.
The press has abandoned investigative journalism because it is too risky. Corrupt governments and police can't protect journalists. So they mostly serve three-letter agency approved information and not much beyond that.
and they want people to pay for this nonsense.
If Google wants people to stop using adblockers, they should be forced to share ad revenue with every single contributor. If they show in their results your aunt recipes, the aunt should get a share of the revenue from ads displayed on that results page.
- andrepd 3y agoWell, re: journalism yes there is now 1000x more shit-tier content spamming farms than there were before. But the prestigious and serious news organisations still do perform serious high-quality reporting and investigative journalism. From Der Spiegel to The Guardian and many others. Even in my small country with a dire newspaper market there are still 2 or 3 serious newspapers performing high quality journalism.
- MikePlacid 3y ago> But the prestigious and serious news organisations still do perform serious high-quality reporting and investigative journalism. You’ve omitted one word: honest.
- varispeed 3y agoThey only "investigate" approved stories. What you say is an illusion they create quite well. In the UK, there is probably only one that goes slightly deeper - Private Eye and they still have not touched many topics related to corruption and other scandals where Guardian either low-key supports (the perpetrators) or don't talk about it at all.