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.

  • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
    114·
    1 year 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·
      1 year ago

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

      • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year 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·
          1 year 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·
            1 year 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”?