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People don't pay for news anymore so we get what we pay for.
by ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
People don't pay for news anymore so we get what we pay for.
- shiroiushi 2y agoPeople never paid for news really. If you're thinking of the days when you had to pay 25 cents for a newspaper at the convenience store, that didn't come even close to the cost of running a newspaper in those days. Your quarter only covered (maybe) the cost of the paper and printing it. These days, we don't need paper, and running a web service is probably cheaper per-reader than physical paper. Newspapers got the bulk of their funding from advertising back then, just as they do now.
- ThrowawayTestr 2y agoThe important thing is you were able to justify not paying for stuff.