• zephorah@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    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
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      6 months ago

      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.