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Discussion in 'News from the UK, Europe and the rest of the World' started by anon250913, Jul 30, 2025.

  1. anon250913
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    anon250913 Well-Known Member Lifetime Member

  2. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    cant open the link unless i accept adverts or subscribe to a news paper
  3. oss
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    No it's accept cookies or subscribe, they'll shove adverts at you either way.

    The Guardian at least still gives you the free browsing option almost no one else does all paywalls now.

    We can't expect newspapers or their people to work for nothing, 50 years ago all papers cost money and supported lots of jobs in printing, publishing and photography, I toured the Daily Record in Glasgow when I was 14 very busy place.

    They competed via their headlines displayed on the paper at the newsstand.

    The Internet changed the publishing medium, destroyed all those printing jobs and basically left a bit of journalism and photography and online publishing.

    So if you or me are now getting our news from YouTube or Facebook or other online forums we're being forced to view advertising, they do everything they can to shove it in our faces, the Guardian at least still makes our choice pretty fair and they don't ask for much as a voluntary contribution most of the time.

    Google now charge 15 quid a month to stop really **** dangerous advertising on YouTube and they don't even do investigative journalism.

    Re the Guardian you can press backspace from the begging pages and read the article.

    The rest of the news outlets that charge online charge a hell of a lot more than papers did in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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  4. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    i havent looked at a newspaper for years, and never buy magazines any more.
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    One of the worst I've come across recently is the Liverpool echo online, pop-ups, adverts pop up on adverts, etc, often give up reading the article due to all the wrapped around rubbish
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  6. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Yes the echo is pretty bad for that, and at it's worst on a phone.
  7. oss
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    I subscribe to the New Scientist, first read it in 1972 I bought a copy in Glasgow Airport as a kid it was a great news source but I don't trust it anymore since the Daily Mail bought them, they still claim editorial independence but I can feel the difference in it's coverage since the Mail bought them from Reed Business Publishing.

    I'm not renewing it next year as a) it's expensive even for the app only version and b) my concerns about the reporting.
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    Why avoid Brave browser?

    In essence, Brave might be known for being a browser that protects its users' privacy, but some of the practices the company behind it (and its founder and CEO) have engaged in are questionable at best. At worst, they harm user privacy rather than help it.6 Apr 2025
  10. John Surrey
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    John Surrey Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    Please enlighten me ...
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