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The cost of the paper wasn't a paywall in the same way. Yes, people paid for it, but it was always around to read if you couldn't afford to pay, it was publicly archived in libraries, etc. A lot of paywalled online journalism goes widely unread and probably unarchived, lost when sites go under.

May 8, 2025, 5:06 PM

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