MyBrainHurts

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Great points!

It feels like these should be solvable problems, though.

I absolutely fully agree. Honestly, I think some sort of micro transaction system would be the answer to ubiquitous advertising etc.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I think you got it exactly. Once we get used to a thing for free, we get very annoyed when it is no longer free.

And fully agree with paywalled/paid journalism versus the hellish race to the bottom engendered by advertiser supported news.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah the implicit argument, to me at least, was that all journalism should be free. Which, sure but that’s a way larger discussion than just the internet. We’d need radically new funding models etc.