Windy cityMar 4

I have never come upon a paywall while casually browsing the news and thought, "Let me get my credit card out."

It's always, "I don't need to know that badly."

Show threadWill Mar 4
@pheonix @minego In a few months, my very affordable digital subscription to my local newspaper will jump to over $20 per month. It often has news I haven’t seen elsewhere, but my dude, that price seems excessive for what it is! Streaming services are almost half that.
Show threadloucoveyMar 4
@AncTreat5358 @pheonix @minego either you get your news subsidized by advertisers or by readers. Can you think of other options?
Show threadWill Mar 4

@Loucovey @pheonix @minego No it does make sense to support news. It is more of sticker shock for someone on a small fixed income that still wants to know what is going on in the community.

It’d feel better if it were still a local paper, but it’s part of a large conglomerate.

Show threadWill Mar 4
@Loucovey @pheonix @minego I wish there was an option to pay per article read instead plus overhead. I recall that was a thing a few decades ago.
Show threadloucoveyMar 4
@AncTreat5358 @pheonix @minego there are options like that. Depends on the publication. I find subscribing to Apple News gets by most of them. But I get more annoyed by opinion articles behind paywalls. I don’t think most opinions are worth 2 cents
Show threadWill 
@Loucovey @pheonix @minego Totally concur on opinion pieces. Apple News subscriptions give a lot of value, but I wish they’d dial down the in-interface ads if you pay.
Mar 4 at 7:19pmWeb
Show threadloucoveyMar 5
@AncTreat5358 @pheonix @minego Of course, Apple rapes the news providers monetarily, but at least they get something