That’s not it. GDPR has made it hard for some outlets to make money in order to pay for the content you wish to read.

However, admittedly I run a variety of ad-blockers because newspapers have long abused my bandwidth with grossly inefficient advertising. But the penalties for violating GDPR are so great that it isn’t worth the risk (even if you are doing everything correctly, you still have potential international litigation expenses just to defend.)

Just curious, who should pay for the stories you read on newspaper websites?