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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You're paying for the content in the case of the newspapers. It is a similar cost to print on newsprint as to run a website. It saves them no money. Most of what you are paying for is for the journalism, writing, editing, etc. Content costs money.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

That definitely depends on which news outlet we're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Exactly. The reason I cancel my subscriptions is because there’s been a nosedive in content that I enjoy, which has tipped the scales to it costing more than it’s worth to me.

I’ve moved to a Plex setup, but even then I don’t watch many shows at all. The ones I do watch are all on different platforms though, so it would be X many subscriptions just to watch the few shows I like.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's counterintuitive, do you have a source for that?

EDIT: googling around, I don't see any obvious answers.