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In the olden days, those people wrote for things we called ‘magazines’. Without infinite free content at people’s fingertips, actually paying for curated conte
by YurgenJurgensen 3mo ago
In the olden days, those people wrote for things we called ‘magazines’. Without infinite free content at people’s fingertips, actually paying for curated content will likely make a comeback.
- mc32 3mo agoIt’s a bit harder to find stuff in a magazine that helps troubleshoot a water pump at night…
- YurgenJurgensen 3mo agoI’m going to shock you, but you can pay for magazine-like content through the Internet right now.
- mrguyorama 3mo agoThat information used to come with the water pump
- mc32 3mo agoHow many people keep those docs around? It’s also easier to search on YT than rifle though the pump manual which may include all failure modes…
- justapassenger 3mo agoYou do realize that sponsored stories aren’t modern invention? Magazines were full of it too, sometimes disclosed, most often not.
- YurgenJurgensen 3mo agoAnd? They’d be banned too.
- runarberg 3mo agoIn fact they were, and perhaps even still are, however regulators have simply stopped enforcing consumer protection laws in the past 20 years. Neo-liberalism reigns supreme and Ronald Regan became the king of Europe.
- Aurornis 3mo agoMagazines primarily make money through advertising. Even that “curated” content is often the result of a company’s PR professionals sending free gear for review and possibly wining and dining the writers.