Internet news isn’t free; you’re just not paying money. You’re paying for it in privacy and advertising. Just like how Google and Gmail aren’t free services either. You pay for your “free” email somewhere in the 8,000 page EULA, so the vast majority of users literally don’t know the cost of the product they receive. It’s the ignorance economy.
That was before, y’know, the Internet. Though.
Internet news isn’t free; you’re just not paying money. You’re paying for it in privacy and advertising. Just like how Google and Gmail aren’t free services either. You pay for your “free” email somewhere in the 8,000 page EULA, so the vast majority of users literally don’t know the cost of the product they receive. It’s the ignorance economy.