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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Journalists made a living before paywalls

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

People used to pay for physical newspapers, and TV journalists were paid for by ads. Ads were unskippable, and companies would pay more for them because of it.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yet you pay the paywall fee and there are still ads, and you talk about the lack of funds to pay journalists while the Murdochs and other media families live it up, richer than kings.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Yet you pay the paywall fee and there are still ads,

Not on any of my computers. Ad companies know this and pay accordingly.

and you talk about the lack of funds to pay journalists while the Murdochs and other media families live it up, richer than kings.

That's got nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a theoretical world where consuming the product created by journalists is free. Where would the money to pay journalists come from? Are the ads preferred? I know I'm never going to be disabling my ad blocker. Is it a government subsidy?

Basically, I'm talking about what should be, not what currently is.