> sharing links is a double edged sword that was sort of forced on the news publishers. What are you talking about? "sharing links" was not forced on publisher

> sharing links is a double edged sword that was sort of forced on the news publishers. What are you talking about? "sharing links" was not forced on publishers by anyone, not even sort of. Sharable links to content are not in any way damaging, so can't be a double edged sword. Sharable links are purely beneficial and you have done zero of the work to show otherwise.