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Why not? If its syndicated bloomberg still gets paid and I don't need to pay for their paywall.
by kjkjadksj 2y ago
Why not? If its syndicated bloomberg still gets paid and I don't need to pay for their paywall.
- immibis 2y agoHacker News is owned by the same general class of people who get paid when you pay for paywalls.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoExactly why I avoid paying paywalls, these folks are rich enough and I am not.
- karaterobot 2y agoThis comment is genuinely confusing to me. I think the people who get paid when you pay for paywalls are largely media companies and content creators. I think the owners of HN are, broadly speaking, investors. I think these are two different groups, and I don't understand the equivalence you're drawing.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoWho do you think owns media companies? Investors, broadly speaking.
- karaterobot 2y agoMaybe if you zoom out really far. But they're not getting paid if you subscribe to Substack or the New York Times, at least not in a way that is more meaningful than investors getting paid when you buy an apple at the grocery store, or rent a hotel room, or pay your phone bill. What' the difference, and why draw the line at paying for news articles and not something else?
- cvwright 2y agoThey also get paid when you send traffic to free, ad-supported sites full of trackers. I’m not sure what your point is.