@zondance @arstechnica Sure but we aren't paying strictly for information, rather a certain amount is for the crafting of its presentation and contextualization plus analysis. If we could as readers know that we are paying strictly for the labour and hard costs then it is easier to justify.

Non-profit news and entertainment agencies that don't extract rent from collective value and enrich the rentiers, and compensate fairly, are in short supply. Small fish in a pond of sharks.

As eaters of news we can support our nourishment by subscribing and such, but it quickly becomes problematic for most. Micro transactions aren't the answer either. The information economy is fundamentally commodified and alienated, still.