What I’ve noticed that happened in Brazil is that most major news channels have 2 websites: a subscription one with quality articles and a free one with very summarized AI lazily written news with no details or context.
There’s really not much to it, quality content needs money and ads don’t pay off for all of it (besides the fact nowadays people just blocks them).
What’s wrong with that? You either buy a product or are a product.
@misk @yesman also you get three options: pay for news, get predatory ads and unreadable websites, or state funded media
Scummy fourth option is Adblock
The side effect of the fourth option is your news outlet dies because it can’t get any money
What I’ve noticed that happened in Brazil is that most major news channels have 2 websites: a subscription one with quality articles and a free one with very summarized AI lazily written news with no details or context.
There’s really not much to it, quality content needs money and ads don’t pay off for all of it (besides the fact nowadays people just blocks them).
npr and associated press are free and not for profit.
Fair point, I don’t envy much about America but NPR is a gem. There’s much more included in News+ though.