My ex is ATT fiber which, despite having zero love for ATT, was pretty great.

They are trying to get me back…but they don’t offer fiber (or any service!) at my new address.

I think the emphasis here is on “mildly.”

It’s not a crazy leap of faith to assume Lemmy demographics are similar to reddit demographics, where the USA makes up the plurality by a huge margin https://www.statista.com/statistics/325144/reddit-global-active-user-distribution/

Yeah…when I cancelled Apple TV (as a paying customer) I had access until end of pay cycle.

As far as malicious subscription practices go, this doesn’t even register. If anything, the fact that there’s a button right there to cancel is almost refreshing…

I think many people also don’t understand the difference between opinion and reporting. You can despise the opinion section of NYT, or WSJ, or whatever, but still respect the reporting.

Just curious — how would you like this to work? If you want high quality journalism, you need to pay journalists.

You can pay them through ads, but 1) this is annoying, and 2) people just install ad blockers.

You can have state-sponsored media, which can work reasonably well…or can end up a propaganda machine.

Or…you can pay.

Journalism is not a crazy lucrative career for most. Financially, most of the folks writing for NYT would be better off in PR — and I don’t think that’s a good thing for society.

As an ordained minister of The Church of the Latter-Day Dude…that’s just, like, your opinion, man.