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They already do get paid, that’s why they sell all their readers out to advertising. They need MORE money?
by righthand 1y ago
They already do get paid, that’s why they sell all their readers out to advertising. They need MORE money?
- kjkjadksj 1y agoYeah they do. The readership is the product to be marketed towards. The clients are the advertisers. That is why they don’t go subscription free with a higher ad rate: their real clients would leave.
- bitpush 1y ago"Apple makes money from iPhones and they are charging for Airpods and Macbooks as well. They need MORE money?" What a weird take.
- vkou 1y agoThe existence of the Macbook does not really degrade the UX of an iPhone. Either way, if there's too many ads in a paid publication, don't subscribe to it.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoThe mixed funding model of customers paying directly + funding with advertisement has been a thing for decades. Chomsky commented on it in Manufacturing Consent published in 1988 and iirc it had already been a thing then for decades at that point. In short publications that supplemented with advertising out-competed the alternatives that took a larger fee. Blame price sensitive customers' willingness to pay, not the publications.
- immibis 1y agoIt was understandable back when they, like, delivered news and stuff. But they don't deliver news now, just advertising. Why pay for extra advertising?