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by dodders 4435 days ago
> It's miles ahead of my local newspaper and their stupid 5 articles a day paywall

That 'stupid' paywall is serving the same mechanism as Slate's new subcription mechanism - monetizing the site's content. Interesting how one is perceived as 'bad' (but probably offers more value for money) and the other is viewed as a 'favourite business model'. Why the difference?