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The Verge raises a partial paywall: ‘It’s a tragedy that garbage is free and news is behind paywalls’ (www.semafor.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It also needs to be easy to pay for content. If you have to make an account and create a subscription, that's a non-starter for many people. If you can just click a button in your browser, you'll get a lot more engagement. If I pay, get rid of the ads and show me the article.