High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse::High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

    • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Do you usually complain when anything else in life is not completely free?

      Either it’s paywalls or horrible ads+tracking. I don’t know why people expect to get everything for free, just because it’s on the internet. Especially something that takes time and effort to make.

      PSA: you don’t get to complain about “the media” if you’re not even willing to pay for quality outlets

      • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Normally I’m all about “yes they should be paid” but in this case it’s particularly ironic - modest ads used to be able to support newspapers. Now they need paywalls.

        Title of article: internet is worse

        QED.

        • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Oh wow, you thought that you counter 1 and 1 together while completely missing that this is a complex equation.

          Ads and ad revenue are not the same as they used to be, and the economics of the world and technology have changed. So until you understand the complexities of the world, please stop talking out of your ass and using shit like “QED” to sound smarter than you are.

          • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I think you missed their point. They pointed out the irony. Which is valid. They didn’t explore viability of monetization.

            And then you fall into that kind of toxic tone…

      • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The biggest problem with paying for journalism is that nobody wants to be subscribing to 50 different websites.

        If it were easier to pay for multiple news sites at once, I’m sure more people would do it.

        • BerührtGras@feddit.deEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Or just microcharge articles. I’m willing to pay 50cts for an article. But I dont want to signup for a subscription only to forget about it and pay 30 bucks afterwards.

          • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            That’s what I’ve been thinking would be the best way to do that.

            Some sort of API that each news outlet implements into their website that bills your account on a per-article basis when you read through it (once you’ve scrolled like 10% of the way down).

            As a layman, I would expect the main difficulty would be getting news outlets to be part of it rather than pushing their own subscriptions.