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[alistairSH]

$40/year for the WaPo and you can pay with PayPal or Apple. You don’t give them any more money than any other online vendor.

[bawolff → alistairSH]

That price point seems high.

For example, Netflix is $84/year. Netflix content seems a lot more valuable then simply twice what WaPo provides.

[lupire → bawolff]

It is high because most people don't want to pay for a share of news.

They'd rather watch TV, and not even the best TV. If you want the best, you need to pay for Max and Disney and Apple and Amazon and the rest.

[bawolff → lupire]

And if you want the best news you have to pay for more than WaPo.

Besides, if you actually like to read why would you be buying washington post? People who like to read usually aren't going into 5 minute long shallow articles, they are getting a book on the topic.

[alistairSH → bawolff]

That’s the plan with ads. If you don’t want to sit through annoying ads, it’s $180/year.

Either way, producing quality journalism costs money. And I’m ok paying a reasonable fee for it. :shrug:

[bawolff → alistairSH]

Yes, but creating tv/movie is much much more expensive.

[dhfbshfbu4u3 → bawolff]

I guess if you don’t read that is true.