db0 ( db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 years agoOpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed.blog.opensubtitles.comexternal-linkmessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1459cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1459external-linkOpenSubtitles.org is shutting down it's previous API. Now only authenticated access allowed.blog.opensubtitles.comdb0 ( db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) M to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square98linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squarelud ( lud@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoNews has never historically been free, only recently through the web and founded by ads.
minus-squareMetal Zealot ( Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 years agoTrue. I amended my comment to better convey my anger
minus-squarelud ( lud@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoHow much money do you think they would have made if they gave away all their content for free. News is pretty expensive.
minus-squareMetal Zealot ( Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoYou mean the world renowned, universally known news agency in America owned by billionaires?
minus-squarelud ( lud@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years 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-squareSpazsquatch ( Spazsquatch@lemmy.studio ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years 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.