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Paywalling all content sucks, it just makes me leave the website. I pay for a news website from my country that gives me extra cool stuff like opinion articles
by hootz 1mo ago
Paywalling all content sucks, it just makes me leave the website. I pay for a news website from my country that gives me extra cool stuff like opinion articles and cultural highlights from my city, not because they paywall the basic news.
- bee_rider 1mo agoSomebody’s got to be paid to write the basic news articles. Maybe we could have a government funded “basic news” (although there are obvious concerns that that might turn into a propaganda service).
- hootz 1mo agoThey do get paid, they are employees and get a salary. I pay for the premium plan and that funds the company.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 1mo agoToo bad the new Kagi settings does not support allowing some paywalled domains to show up.
- eightysixfour 1mo agoWe could call it the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and it could directly fund local news stations. It could be a hybrid public/non-profit where the government funds some, members stations fund some, and donations fund the rest. Member stations could be responsible for more local content and be a part of a network that syndicates content from other stations. It could cover more than just news though - children's programming, think pieces, deeper dives into government. Man, that would be great. Edit: Sorry, didn’t mean this to be as sarcastic towards you OP, more annoyed we defunded it last year.
- bee_rider 1mo ago> Edit: Sorry, didn’t mean this to be as sarcastic towards you OP, more annoyed we defunded it last year. That’s ok I was already doing the whole “obliquely reference things that already exist in the abstract as if they were a novel idea” bit; you doubling down on it kind of makes it better.