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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If you want narrow readership. Or a society that bases its current events knowledge almost strictly on headlines instead of article content.

People can’t afford groceries. Rent. There is a profound increase in garbage both along highways and in rural locations because it’s the first utility to be sacrificed in the name of survival.

Paying $x per month to dig deeper in on a headline, while the above is happening, isn’t going to occur on any grand scale.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It costs money to provide people with the news. If we dont pay subscriptions then advertisers have greater seay leading to the lower quality news we have now.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

I agree. But you can’t squeeze blood from a rock.