Gift articles previously were accessible just with the link. The latest article I attempted to read now requires me to first sign up
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The article in question https://wapo.st/4fp62oH
I am well aware of many work arounds. The point of this post was to show wapo has changed the way gift articles work, which previously didn’t require a workaround
Gifting someone a news article feels so dystopian
I have some issues with WaPo's reporting at times, but honestly, how do we expect to fund quality journalism if we never pay for news?
I don't disagree, but ideally quality journalism should be treated as a public good, as it's, well, a source of information about the world, an extention of education, you could say
A lot of European countries have tax-supported independent news organizations
Publicly funded news corporations with journalistic freedom would be nice
We just read free fearmongering content on right wing extremist websites instead, duh
The right answer is through memes and 4chan
This article is reposted. Or mirrored or whatever.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/these-cheap-loans-are-becoming-a-hit-with-home-buyers-but-there-are-catches/ar-BB1qJ72W
I'd rather fund quality original news none-for-profit. But all major news articles are in it for the money. How do you expect me to pay for something that has a vested interest in making money off the stuff they report?
I am fine paying for news. My main problem is these newspapers use manipulation to spread their news. They use cookies to limit the number of articles you can read. This allows people that can see the article thinking everyone else can. Also the entire article can be read by search engines. So when people are searching for certain info, the find the article and they are paywalled. It's a major waste of time. Just don't allow those articles to be searched then.
On top of all that the offers the give are introductory. They will have a signifcant jump afterwards. They will hound you to resubscribe and sell your information for as much as they legally (usually) can.
As much as I hate them, ads. The same newspapers have always made money. Along with the Wikipedia route of asking for donations
It's like back in the day gifting rout bought newspaper copy to someone else to read