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oenetan | 4 years ago

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Reuters has no paywall. Honestly this site is a leech and I see why it is shared for paywalled links (although that is still unfair to the news orgs), but here is not even a paywall - so why bother?

totalZero|4 years ago

Ever since Reuters required a login to view news content, I have continued my old habit of checking it for headlines but I get discouraged and close the window when asked to log in. I find myself less informed nowadays. It irritates me that a website already plastered with ads requires me to authenticate who I am in order to learn basic facts about current events. So I'm actually grateful for the archive link.

salawat|4 years ago

It's not a parasite, it's an archive. You know, vast collection of documents saved for posterity? Previously done through microfiche in libraries?

Besides which, when you have media constantly rewriting itself, or geofencing, a mirror can get it in front of more eyes.

I assure you. News orgs aren't hurting that much. And a good deal of their pain is self inflicted.