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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Will we also have to go to a time where we'll have to buy physical newspapers so that journalists can make a living? Or do we expect them to also share information just for the sake of sharing information?

[–] Toine 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't need physical newspapers, but if you want good journalism you should definitely pay for your news.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

The hard part is finding someone still doing good journalism that’s relevant. My local paper is long gone and the nearby major city newspaper is a shadow of its former illustrious self. I do pay a news aggregator but have no idea how much of that goes all the way back

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unlikely. Some new approach to paid journalism will need to be developed. But that's already the case, AI's just driving the existing trend further.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Part of the compromise was supposed to be that we get functional or entertainment value in return for some amount of ads, but enshittification broke that long ago with ever more intrusive ads and a sense of overwhelming entitlement by advertisers. The current web is useless and aggravating without adblocking, and only preys on the elderly and least technical. Yeah, it’s already broken

This seems like an excellent idea because it’s my app as a tool summarizing information for me. That seems a lot more legitimate than Google profitting from that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That never left. We're still buying our local newspaper concerning 60000 people. It is way more relevant than any piece of news you might find on the web.