The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
I'm not going to deal with this, unsubscribing. I recommend everyone else to do the same, we can't let them get away with this. You can instead donate to an actually good news source, such as ProPublica. And nyt has a bunch of controversies, listed here. I can't support this with a clear conscience.
What if I told you the primary cost of journalism has always been paying journalists
Source? I bet the Sun has a pretty low journalist cost compared to production, print or photography cost
It was revealed to me in a dream.
No sorry I don't know if that's true or not but my point is that (good) journalism is expensive regardless of the medium. The original thread is talking about the new york times.