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I'm conflicted on this.

For me personally, I'm reluctant to pay because the value < cost. On the other hand, I acknowledge how important a strong, independent press is so I want to pay something.

Then I remember how difficult most news orgs make it to unsubscribe and so about the only thing I'm willing to subscribe to is Apple News because I can start and stop with a click. No retention shenanigans, no emails.

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Don't fall for the guilt trip of supporting a news org just because you abstractly believe in the importance of journalism. Journalism may be important and good but news publishing organizations are mainly evil. There are a lot of different ways to support journalists directly these days.

What are the different ways? Like subscribing to their substack if they have one?

Good points but I’d argue we’re nowhere near a strong, independent press. And I doubt a few bucks is going to make the difference.

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