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> Do people want actual journalism to go out of business? Former Google Contributor user reporting in! I absolutely do not want normal journalism going out of
by Shank 2mo ago
> Do people want actual journalism to go out of business?
Former Google Contributor user reporting in! I absolutely do not want normal journalism going out of business, but I’m not going to subscribe to Bloomberg or FT or any of those sites on a recurring basis for one article. I love the idea of paying a non-subscription for one thing, occasionally, though!
- tensor 2mo agoHaha you couldn't pay me to read Bloomberg.
- iamnothere 2mo agoYes, I also liked the crowdfunding model that the defunct YC startup Beacon Reader proposed. It’s too bad they didn’t make it.
- Barbing 2mo agoDon’t Bloomberg & FT have a number of well-written, informative articles every month? Maybe you just want the exclusives which even then they often break stuff (at least Gurman on Bloomberg, especially if you care about Apple/OpenAI).
- theshrike79 2mo agoYes, so does Economist, The Verge and many many other sites. But I'm interested in maybe 3 articles a month. If I were to pay for them it's like paying for Netflix and watching a movie a month. Or subscribing to a dead-tree newspaper and only reading the comics. I do get that micropayments are hard, but it's not a technical issue - it never has been. It's all about credit card costs and legalese.
- Shank 2mo ago> Don’t Bloomberg & FT have a number of well-written, informative articles every month? They do! And I did test a subscription to Bloomberg, and subscriptions to various other sites, but I have never found it compelling enough to visit for the price on a regular basis. I get my news from a large variety of sources. I have never found it valuable to only subscribe to one source, and I simply do not have the capital to justify subscribing to all of the places that sometimes publish good articles.
- Yhippa 2mo agoI assume longer-term subs is what keeps the lights on at these firms.