> You're arguing that speech should earn a living

I'm saying it sucks that the majority of periodical writing has succumbed to race-to-the-bottom clickbait and adflooding.

Newspapers and magazines from three decades ago certainly weren't perfect, but on average they were a whole lot better than modern news sites, and I don't see how we can ever get back to that situation. I don't know what the solution is, but I can see a problem when it's punching me in the face.