I think it’s less the paywall for me and more the inconvenience of a million sign ins. Thinking @UnlockProtocol can help solve this. Online subscription bundling, sign-in less access.
people who complain about both paywalls *and* the quality of journalism, great points but do you hear yourself
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Paywalls incentivize journalists to cater to the beliefs of their subscribers. E.g.:
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This implies the exact opposite relationship to the one you've described; paywalls cause bad journalism
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if you give it away, they will resent you. open source communities and welfare states have the same problem.
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it's like that old woody allen joke about two old women eating food at a resort in the catskills. one says: "this food is awful." and the second says: "yeah, and the portions are so small!"
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paywalls/subscriptions are a shit tier business model. not really journalists fault in particular but the fact we haven't figured out ubiquitous microtransactions for online content has screwed over all sorts of content creation
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Yes -- preach! How many people complain about all the ads in recipes... I spent two years creating a basic cooking class for
@TryLifeSchool and people don't want to pay $5/month for it... Going to charge $500 for a live course instead :-) - Show replies
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The quality of journalism behind paywalls
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... same with free email and privacy. Everyone should have private email server.
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