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Eh, I’m fine with it. Free is stupid and for kids, and mostly social media and YouTube have them covered.

We all have jobs because people pay for things.

I’m not. Journalism is now infotainment. Return to factual unbiased un-opinionated reporting and I may reconsider.

The only way out that I can see is to follow particular authors, not particular media. Find a set of authors you trust, who deserve your attention. Ignore everything else.

That's basically Substack, right? There is a lot of buzz around it right now. I haven't formed an opinion, I see a lot of potential good and bad in that model.

Exactly what newspaper is worth a monthly subscription?

(I should have worded this differently. I did not mean it to be aggressive. I'm just wondering what news source is worth a monthly subscription at this point in history? And no on The Economist. My question is for every HN'er.)

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