“Can I have that once you’re finished with it?” Physical newspapers are subject to being given away by the original purchaser (or getting picked up from cafe tables or pulled from trashcans—people used to leave the damned things lying around everywhere), if you can’t afford to pay for them. It’s a bit more difficult to do that with digital content.
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 months ago
So physical newspapers aren’t news?
nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
“Can I have that once you’re finished with it?” Physical newspapers are subject to being given away by the original purchaser (or getting picked up from cafe tables or pulled from trashcans—people used to leave the damned things lying around everywhere), if you can’t afford to pay for them. It’s a bit more difficult to do that with digital content.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 months ago
News papers are a physical item, not bits hidden behind a boolean set to true. Plus, I can go read a newspaper at the store if I want to.
misk@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
You pay for information and not paper or pixels.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Information should be free. Putting it behind a paywall makes it so the less fortunate suffer by being kept out of the loop.
Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
You might. 🏴☠️