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I've been trying unsuccessfully to write this succinctly for a few months now, but each attempt ended up getting annoyingly long. In the interest of getting something out there, I'll have to fall on Wikipedia and AI to get most of the background info out of the way. Even now this post will be long, but imagine it with background details!
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You ever come across a traffic jam caused by people who were in a small accident and then left their rides in the road? They're endangering themselves and others and causing traffic issues by blocking a lane or three. What are they even doing?
Paywalls have gotten quite prevalent over the years for a number of reasons I won't get into. I used to work for a company whose main income was selling ads on their posts about news, events, and the like, so I get the appeal of wanting people to pay for content.
I suppose it preemptively bears mention that this idea applies to everything you might buy ⸺ online and otherwise. No matter where you go or what you're buying, folks want to separate you from as many of your dollars as they can. Such is the tao of capitalism.
I don't know if 16M views counts as a lot on YouTube, but I hope I can at least give it a few more. The way this company operates is sleazy as hell to the point I can't believe its owners haven't been arrested for wire fraud.
This VPM article in their newsletter got me wasting time making a thread on Bluesky the other day. I'm reproducing it here with some changes and additions because... content!
With Trump rescinding Biden's 2022 executive order titled "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans" because his billionaire pharmaceutical buddies told him to, your medication may be about to become much more expensive.