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  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Paywalls aren’t a new thing for journalism. Newspaper delivery fees were a paywall.
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    2 years ago

    I think the difference here is paying for a single newspaper vs having to get recurring subscriptions that are a pain to cancel. With print media, if I want to check multiple sources’ take on an issue, I could go out and buy 5 different newspapers, and that’s it. But with online news, I’d have to spend like an hour cancelling all the subscriptions after I’m done and if I forget to cancel any i’ll realise when I’m down like £50 6 months later.

    Also don’t like having to enter personal details into so many websites.

    Thank god for Archive.org.

    I wonder why no news company has tried the ‘buy today’s digital newspaper for £1 and that’s that’ approach. I could be wrong and maybe someone has, haven’t seen it though.