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by Mirioron
2215 days ago
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>This doesn't seem to significantly impact me or anyone in my network. If this was a big problem we'd notice it and/or a EU-based, compliant competitor will step in to fill the void. Access to fewer news sites is access to fewer news. The new site isn't going to replace the old. Also, we're not getting replacements for them in the EU because the business model for these sites doesn't work with GDPR. Making their life financially more difficult just pushes them more into clickbait and yellow journalism. |
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Clickbait is explicitly caused by advertising - it's right there in the name, it's there to drive clicks, the content itself is secondary.
If advertising becomes unsustainable then other business models will take over. At the moment subscribing to news websites is too expensive because 1) we don't have an easy to use micropayment system and 2) they are greedy and charge way more than what they would get in ad revenue.