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I currently "subscribe" to the Financial Times because I use Revolut Metal. I understand it has higher quality content than elsewhere, and enjoy reading article
by gaiagraphia 3y ago
I currently "subscribe" to the Financial Times because I use Revolut Metal. I understand it has higher quality content than elsewhere, and enjoy reading articles from there now and again, but I never would've paid for it.
I wonder if 'bundling' is a way forward for content creators? Use x bank/isp/ridesharing app/delivery service, and you automatically get subscriptions to these creators.
Instead of governments spending £bil on their cultural budget, surely offering the same amount to companies in tax breaks if they support cultural projects would achieve a far greater impact?
Brief search showed £345m Uber Eats revenue in UK. If £3.45mil of that made its way to supporting 100 people who all had channels/sites inspiring families to eat healthier/more locally/promote local business,etc, surely this 'organic' approach could yield more than layers of civil service?
- lnxg33k1 3y agoNews should be paid for by people using it, making news dependent on government funding is bad, making news dependent on corporations is even worse, I tend to point the start of the decline of information and so democracy and plurality to the advent of blogs, free websites etc. Independent information that serves people, is funded by the people
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago>making news dependent on government funding is bad I wonder if having the government hand out tokens that you can spend on whatever media you want would be better.
- gaiagraphia 3y agoAlways been a huge fan of this as opposed to a "Tv license" type system. Being able to choose where 1% of your tax money goes each year. IIRC, Poland does something similar: "Individual taxpayers of personal income tax have an opportunity to allocate 1% of their annual tax liability to specific Polish public welfare organizations. It is an easy way of supporting a charitable initiative and it does not require additional cost or a lot of effort." https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/tax/articles/tax-news-financial-institutions/przekazanie-1-proc-na-rzecz-organizacji-pozytku-publicznego.html https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/tax/articles/tax-news-...