• Metal Zealot@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This unfortunately helps sets a precedent for what the internet is going to look like in the future. Even the most basic things will be behind a paywall.
    You cant even read a fucking news article from New York Times, who made 173.91 million dollars last year

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      1 year ago

      News has never historically been free, only recently through the web and founded by ads.

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          1 year ago

          How much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free.

          News is pretty expensive.

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            1 year ago

            You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?

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              1 year ago

              I am not familiar with who owns who in the USA. I do know that news wouldn’t get made if no one wanted to pay for it.