• @lud@lemm.ee
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      41 year ago

      How much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free.

      News is pretty expensive.

      • Metal Zealot
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        41 year ago

        You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?

        • @lud@lemm.ee
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          31 year ago

          I am not familiar with who owns who in the USA. I do know that news wouldn’t get made if no one wanted to pay for it.

      • @Jerkface@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        I don’t know what is so controversial about this statement. Investigative reporting is fucking expensive. The people who do it need to eat. If you’re not paying for it, who is?

        • @lud@lemm.ee
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          31 year ago

          People in this community can be a bit extreme when it comes to never paying for stuff and the need to justify it.

          I also like piracy but the constant justifications attempts are pretty annoying.