Comment on News outlets in crisis mode as Google-led AI search push crushes website traffic
realitista@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoI’d say their decision making was mostly forced by their drop in ad revenue and subscriptions forced by the internet.
Though I do wish that someone would make a Spotify for news so that I could pay once and get access to all of them and at least give them 10 cents per article or something, because I will never pay the subscription cost any are asking.
As much as I’d like to support them, the price to utility ratio is way the fuck off at the prices they ask now.
It’s also the speed of news now. When you had a edition a day in print there was time to do research.
Now with instant publishing on the web it’s more important to get the basic story out fast. With the hope it’s the one that sites like reddit pickup.
insomniac20k@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s kinda what Apple News+ is but stuck in their walled garden.
realitista@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’m okay except for the walled garden part. I get referred to articles in many ways, none of them in Apple News.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
it’s a little annoying but i find searching for the article title generally produces the right result in the news app
realitista@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
That’s not an experience I’m willing to pay for in its current form. But I could definitely see a path for it to become one, thanks for putting it on my radar.