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robertlagrant

> In short, just another billionaire profiting off of other people’s work without ever paying for it.

Why are the news orgs unhappy after Facebook stopped doing it?

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How do you know they’re unhappy?

Because they're constantly posting articles whining that "Meta's news ban" is killing the media.

Yeah, but Meta wasn’t willing to pay for it.

Why should power-hungry Zuck get everything for free when YouTube, for example, is giving everyone a cut?

Well, maybe he shouldn’t but it seems he’d rather not deal with this problem at all and now we have the status quo. That has to be a situation you’re willing to accept, unless you’re saying Facebook should be forced to allow news, and be forced to pay for it.

> Yeah, but Meta wasn’t willing to pay for it.

Sorry, I don't see how this contradicts the idea that the media don't like the current situation.

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