<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ryanrobinson.ca/@Ryan" class="u-url mention">@<span>Ryan</span></a></span> My main objection to paywalls isn’t the expense itself, it’s that the people who choose to create the paywalls, particularly at publications that think of themselves as checks and balances against abuses of power, are saying they think people without the means to pay don’t deserve to be informed. Democracy dies if you don’t give us money. All the news that’s fit to hide from the poor.</p>
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