[earthscienceman]

I understand this sentiment but it's extremely short sighted. Paying for news is about incentives. Much like Google having poor incentives to provide good unbiased search functionality based on the fact that their revenue comes from advertising, news work poorly aligns with advertising incentives also.

Whether you contribute to that or not is your choice.

[spondylosaurus]

One reason I subscribe to the New Yorker (beyond enjoying their content) is that they have legendarily high standards around fact-checking, which isn't something you can maintain unless you're paying people to do it. So I'd like to help them continue paying the people who do it.

[bobsmooth]

HNers will pay $10 a month for a google replacement but won't support the foundation of democracy for a few bucks.