How Paywalls Destroy the Distribution of Quality Ideas

Written by David | Published 2019/07/11
Tech Story Tags: why-paywalls | paywalls | paywall | remove-paywall | how-to-remove-a-paywall | free-stories | hackernoon | web-monetization

TLDR The paywall is inherently in conflict with journalism's primary goal: to educate and inform the public about important issues. It's hard to imagine a business philosophy that’s more upside-down." Rob Howard, founder and CEO of Hacker Noon, says the paywall should be free. Howard: "The paywall doesn’t really matter, so they’ll charge you for it. They’re simultaneously saying that all the other stuff they publish doesn't really matter"via the TL;DR App

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Written by David | Grew up on the east coast. Grew old on the west coast. Now, cooking in Colorado.
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/07/11