Hong Kong Protesters Keep Up the Pressure

Re:Hong Kong Protesters Keep Up the Pressure by blondin on Friday June 21, 2019 @02:29PM (#20245137)

i am just asking here, not taking any position. not long ago, when you purchased an FM radio or a TV, you get the news for free. the internet feels the same way, once you pay for your access, maybe you want to also have access to the news for free.

news publications for a long time have not been free. so i feel that i understand the motivation behind paywalls. and yet i can't potentially subscribe to all the various news sources available online. it's just not possible.

i don't know... should news publication subscriptions be included in our internet and phone packages?

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Re:Hong Kong Protesters Keep Up the Pressure by silversconfused on Friday June 21, 2019 @02:46PM (#20245273)

Back then your attention was valuable enough that presenting news to you was an honor. Obviously some money was made on the side by embedding sponsored messages, but the core content was for the listener/viewer's benefit. Now, cheap content hogs all attention and there is no profit in presenting the facts plainly. There is still honor, however, and honorable news organizations still exist due to mostly volunteers. Personally, I very much enjoy wikipedia's recent events section. The citations are particularly useful.

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Re:Hong Kong Protesters Keep Up the Pressure by meruru on Friday June 21, 2019 @02:43PM (#20245250)

Netflix model would probably be best. Isn't Apple doing something like that?

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