https://dumbrunner.com/...runners-world-editor
“Sometimes it’s like you have a paywall around your heart,†Meredith Logue, 27, told her boyfriend of eight months, Dickie Greenleaf, 33. “And I feel like I’ll never get unlimited access.â€
Greenleaf is an editor at Runner’s World magazine; Logue’s remark was an apparent reference to that publication’s decision to put a paywall around some of its online content.
“I don’t want just bits and pieces of you, Dickie,†Logue said, sobbing. “I want it all, I want the *premium *content. And you keep it locked away!â€
The problem is someone has to write all that content, both free and paywall. The paywall is the way those writers get paid. Ad dollars aren’t as great as most think they are.
The problem lies with us, for not paying for premium stuff, and to a degree with the sites for depending on the premium model/not coming up with a model more people are willing to shell out cash for. Although I don’t what that better model looks like