@12thRITS I should probably note here that gripes about news stories being behind a paywall are a real gear-grinder for me, because:

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@12thRITS I should probably note here that gripes about news stories being behind a paywall are a real gear-grinder for me, because:

1. I can't do anything about it
2. If you're on fedi, you probably know how to get around a paywall
3. Reporters who break stories like this deserve to get paid, and paywalls are the only way anyone's found to make that work reliably

[shanmonster@c.im]

@jalefkowit @12thRITS FWIW, one of my stories is behind an academic paywall and I never got a cent for my work.

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@Shanmonster Academic publishing is a whole other racket.