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0 pointsBaldbvrhunter2y ago0 comments

I would say 9 times out of 10 it's to get around the paywall and absolutely not some higher moralistic preservation of history.

And everything is a grey area, determining the line is the existential purpose of these court cases.

We've been here before with hyperlinking, then indexing and then linking with previews and the Canadian Facebook stuff but I think this has more standing.

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nulbyte2y ago· 2 in thread

If I buy a book, I get a work of literature. But if I buy a news subscription I get a series of facts riddled with advertisements. I accept the former, but I oppose the latter. I suspect I'm not the only one.

cantSpellSober2y ago

That's why you don't pay for news?

There are browser extensions that block ads. They are called ad blockers.

BaldbvrhunterOP2y ago

I don't fully understand what you're opposing.

is it?

1) that you paid for news

2) that it included ads

both are just the price you want to pay. There are various state news outlets that you're probably already paying for - npr, pbs, bbc, cncb depending on your region

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