Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely
by anigbrowl on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:28AM
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That's not the problem. I might be willing pay a lot for news. What I don't want is 100 different newspaper subscriptions. And to say that you should just pick a favorite newspaper and get everything from there is like demanding you decide what books you want before visiting a library.
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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely
by teej on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:33AM
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That's exactly the problem with the person I replied to. Maybe there's a micropayment solution that someone will crack the nut on after decades of people talking about it. But that solution is definitely not 5ยข an article for WSJ quality news.
Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely
by antisthenes on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:26PM
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Blendle is a decent attempt at per article payment for journalism.
I tried it for a few months and was happy, but found out I don't have time to read articles in full anyway. I'm sure it will work for someone else though.
Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely
by seanp2k2 on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:08AM
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My personal opinion is that news orgs should operate as non-profits, since profit motive drives them to editorialize and publish things to get money vs publishing things to inform people about what's going on. I want reporting, I want facts, I don't want entertainment.