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Paywalled... I wonder if there is a way to avoid such posts.

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• Gunax 5y ago
  I know there are ways around it, but I find that objectionable. Newspapers are certainly free to charge for their content. I just don't understand why it's so expensive. A single newspaper should not cost as much as Netflix.
  • ludsan 5y ago
    > A single newspaper should not cost as much as Netflix. Why?
    • Gunax 4y ago
      I find it difficult to believe that operating a major newspaper is as expensive as licensing a film catalog. Admittedly I have no specialty on either and could be completely wrong. I also know many papers are local, where as films tend to have a broad audience. I think there has to be a better way. News is definitely ripe for innovation just like Apple and Spotify did to music. I end up finding articles from the whatever paper is local to Lincoln NB and I think they deserve to get paid. But sorry: I am not subscribing to the Lincoln Herald or Brisbane Times or whatever local paper just because I happened to end up on one of your articles from 4 years ago through a search. There has to be a better way.
  • crossroadsguy 5y ago
    Actually Netflix, with all the garbage (most of the catalogue) on it (especially the N branded formula ones), must not cost anywhere close to a single newspaper!