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Sites need to charge for subscriptions, then, and write content worth paying for. Maybe give us a headline and charge access per story. But charge up front. Th
by krapp 3y ago
Sites need to charge for subscriptions, then, and write content worth paying for. Maybe give us a headline and charge access per story. But charge up front.
That means losing 90% of "journalism" on the web at least, but that's fine. Most of it is filler for ads anyway.
- digging 3y agoThere are probably a lot of independent online journals I'd gladly support with money even though I don't read them and don't even know they exist. A curated independent journalism fund could do wonders. I donate to my local NPR station because it's good and I want to ensure something widely accessible still exists, but they also need my money less than smaller outfits. Even if I don't read those smaller journals, I think it's quite important for them to exist as an option and for those who do read them.
- coldpie 3y agoThis doesn't work because the ad farms will just copy the content and make the profit on it. We need to kill advertising as a viable business model, because it consumes all other forms of business. Ad blockers are ethical.
- Kwpolska 3y ago> the ad farms will just copy the content How would that be legal?