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Alt view 3: the other real problem is that not enough of us are willing to pay for news, so we get the click-bait ad-driven news we deserve.

We're willing. They just insist we pay by subscribing, instead of per-article.

also keep in mind that there are many kinds of news. "It rained in LA" is commodity, but Grant's Interest Rate Observer isn't.

i feel like part of the issue is that nobody has made content compelling enough that ppl will want to pay. it's getting there though

The NYT already does. I read lots of articles I'd pay for. They just make it too hard.

what kind of articles are they? analysis / opinion? Or regular stories? Or both?

Mostly regular stories.