High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse::High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

  • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
    413·
    9 months ago

    Normally I’m all about “yes they should be paid” but in this case it’s particularly ironic - modest ads used to be able to support newspapers. Now they need paywalls.

    Title of article: internet is worse

    QED.

    • Daft_ish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      9 months ago

      I think the thing that bugs me most is everything is a subscription. Maybe if there was an easy way to do a la carte with reasonable pricing I would be more inclined to pony up for this and that. I’m just sick of attaching a leach to my ass anytime I am curious about something.

      • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
        22·
        9 months ago

        This is where something like Monero comes in handy. Since it’s just like cash except in electronic form, you pay one time and there is no potential for them to just come and take money monthly from you. You have to pay manually yourself. It’s a push system instead of a pull system.

    • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
      114·
      9 months ago

      “Modest ads” were never a thing: if you were on the internet 10-ish years ago, you’ll remember that pop-up ads were everywhere.

      Also, ads were never able to support newspapers, even if they used to be more lucrative. Newspapers were desperate to reach new audiences and they basically started to publish stuff at a loss. That’s why media is in the situation they’re in right now: underfunded and in perpetual search for new ways to monetize so they do not die altogether.

      • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        9 months ago

        How much does it cost for any random person with a platform to say something?

        • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          A journalist is not a “random person”. It’s a profession like any other profession.

          A journalist doesn’t just “say something”. A journalist works, like any other worker does.

          So, to answer your question, I’d say it costs at least minimum wage.

          • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            9 months ago

            Well clearly expecting to be paid for doing shit that anyone anywhere does for free is the problem. What’s the point of the journalist?

            • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Wait, what do you think journalists do? Do you think that they wake up, get to their workplace and start typing away about whatever crosses their mind? In that case, I can understand your confusion.

              On the other hand, if you know what journalists actually do, I don’t understand what you’re saying. Or perhaps you think that reasearching information on a topic, interviewing people, going to your town hall to see what politicians are up to, go to warzones and report about what’s happening, are tasks that “anyone anywhere does for free”?

    • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
      524·
      9 months ago

      Oh wow, you thought that you counter 1 and 1 together while completely missing that this is a complex equation.

      Ads and ad revenue are not the same as they used to be, and the economics of the world and technology have changed. So until you understand the complexities of the world, please stop talking out of your ass and using shit like “QED” to sound smarter than you are.

      • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
        21·
        9 months ago

        I think you missed their point. They pointed out the irony. Which is valid. They didn’t explore viability of monetization.

        And then you fall into that kind of toxic tone…