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Journalism has become an absolute dumpster fire for almost anyone trying to do actual journalism. No wonder corporations are running roughshod over us all, the industry is hostile to anyone not willing to be some sort of shill.
And people will bitch and moan about a paywall.
The problem with paywalled isn't an unwillingness to pay for quality, its being attacked with a subscription when we don't want to be locked into a single source. Today I want a good article on popular particle physics, tomorrow I want to know whats going on with education in Nigeria. Let me make a quick crypto micropayment with no fuss and I'll read your article, try to make me a lifelong subscriber and get fucked.
Exactly! Back in the day, you had two options: (1) subscribe or (2) buy a single magazine or newspaper. Now, there's no equivalent to the newsstand for digital media.
Or (3) go to the library and read it for free.