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by merlin_g 3680 days ago
Why is everything behind a damn paywall these days?
3 comments
otterley 3680 days ago
Because well-written content and thorough investigation has to be paid for somehow. If it's worth reading, it's worth paying for IMHO. (I assume you do not work for free, either.)
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chippy 3680 days ago
It's newspapers and the decline in print.
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branchless 3680 days ago
Newspaper death throes.
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hmate9 3680 days ago
Because of adblock
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mcbrown 3680 days ago
Because of malware delivered through unblocked ad networks.

(FTFY)

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green_lunch 3680 days ago
Regardless of your reasons, the end result will be more paywalls or entire articles that are actually ads (this is what yahoo does now).
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