4 ms·
> How would you pay for news otherwise? You could subsidise news via "public service" style stipends. Much like having a government owned "independent" news
by Ntrails 3y ago
> How would you pay for news otherwise?
You could subsidise news via "public service" style stipends. Much like having a government owned "independent" news service (eg the BBC) this comes with a high risk of corruption. Don't bite the hand that feeds and all that.
You could implement a much lower friction non-recurring payment system. I'd be far more tempted to drop a little money on a fixed term (5 articles, 1 day, ???) setup than a subscription.
Realistically, I am not paying for more than 1 long running sub. And there are > that number of solid outlets.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago> Realistically, I am not paying for more than 1 long running sub. And there are > that number of solid outlets. This is somewhat what Apple News+ works like, but I doubt most news orgs want to be held captive by Apple.
- iamacyborg 3y ago> I'd be far more tempted to drop a little money on a fixed term (5 articles, 1 day, ???) setup than a subscription. I believe that’s often referred to as a newspaper, which should be available in all good newsagents on any given day.
- Ntrails 3y agoI'll just pop out to the nearest newsagent that stocks the NYT so I can engage with a news aggregator (But yes, that is the model)