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Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable by flukus on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:57AM (#17513103)
> The company has to find a way to survive

No it doesn't. Closing the business when they can't turn a profit is a perfectly viable (maybe inevitable) course of action. When a local restaurant is losing money do you expect them to close or to start padding the meals with sawdust? Much of digital media has reached the point of charging you for the sauce on your sawdust.

> What kind of content are you expecting at that point?

Much better content on average, less clickbait crap. You could halve the quantity tomorrow and no one would notice.

Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable by nicbou on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:14AM (#17514078)
If restaurants offered meals for free, people wouldn't complain about the ads on the menu. No restaurant offers free meals though.

Should we start charging for everything we see online?

Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable by listenallyall on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:33PM (#17516229)
So content providers shutting down their businesses will result in "much better content"? Are you sure you've thought this through?