I started to notice that more sites are turning into paywalls, and I don’t like that and would prefer ads over subscriptions.

I am curious, what does the general community think about that?

  • Swordgeek@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    Yeah, “good journalism” is definitely what you’re paying for with ads or paywalls.

    To be clear, I support journalists - and they deserve to get paid for their efforts.

    But (a) OP didn’t specifically mention news sites, and (b) the revenue from websites via ads or paywalls is going directly into the coffers of the ultra-wealthy. Find me a news outlet that successfully implemented a paywall and then started paying their journalists and reporters vastly more money.

    You won’t, because they don’t.