OpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed.blog.opensubtitles.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 11 months ago message-square98fedilinkarrow-up1459
arrow-up1459external-linkOpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed.blog.opensubtitles.com db0 ( @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 11 months ago message-square98fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-square lud ( @lud@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoNews has never historically been free, only recently through the web and founded by ads.
minus-square Metal Zealot ( @Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-211 months agoTrue. I amended my comment to better convey my anger
minus-square lud ( @lud@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoHow much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free. News is pretty expensive.
minus-square Metal Zealot ( @Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoYou mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?
minus-square lud ( @lud@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoI 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.
minus-square Spazsquatch ( @Spazsquatch@lemmy.studio ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoTrue, but just look at how much better it has gotten in the last couple decades. Putting the news behind the paywall runs the risk of ending the battle for impressions and might force nuance into well researched stories.
News has never historically been free, only recently through the web and founded by ads.
True. I amended my comment to better convey my anger
How much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free.
News is pretty expensive.
You mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?
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.
True, but just look at how much better it has gotten in the last couple decades. Putting the news behind the paywall runs the risk of ending the battle for impressions and might force nuance into well researched stories.