Gift articles previously were accessible just with the link. The latest article I attempted to read now requires me to first sign up

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The article in question https://wapo.st/4fp62oH

I am well aware of many work arounds. The point of this post was to show wapo has changed the way gift articles work, which previously didn’t require a workaround

    • TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I have some issues with WaPo’s reporting at times, but honestly, how do we expect to fund quality journalism if we never pay for news?

      • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        Publicly funded news corporations with journalistic freedom would be nice

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        We just read free fearmongering content on right wing extremist websites instead, duh

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        01·
        10 months ago

        I don’t disagree, but ideally quality journalism should be treated as a public good, as it’s, well, a source of information about the world, an extention of education, you could say

        A lot of European countries have tax-supported independent news organizations

      • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        03·
        10 months ago

        As much as I hate them, ads. The same newspapers have always made money. Along with the Wikipedia route of asking for donations