[rybosworld]

In some sense I agree.

But I also think publishers have been complicit in providing a gradually worse experience, usually through SEO, for 10+ years.

This has drowned out what most people would call "good/original content" - think small, independent bloggers.

That big publishers might lose their shirts sounds like a good thing to me.

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At the end of the day, they're subject to the same market forces. If the big publishers lose their shirts, that means small bloggers don't have any chance of making it big. The same market forces that make big publishers worse are going to squeeze smaller outfits and writers.

And I know some people are going to say how writers and news "don't deserve" to make money because they haven't sacrificed enough upon the altar of tech, hustle, and Silicon Valley - I don't really care. I think newspapers and writing in general losing out is a blow to society.