• @SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world
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    2410 months ago

    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.

    • Ann Archy
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      710 months ago

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

    • @li10@lemmy.ml
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      310 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.

    • @sbv@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

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

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