> Real journalism costs money, there's no way around that
I agree, but journals should allow paying for reading the article X amount of money, where X is much much much lower than the usual amount Y they charge for a subscription. Example: X could be 0.10 USD, while Y is usually around 5-20USD.
And in this day and age there are ways to make this kind of micropayments work, example: lightning. Example of a website built around this idea: http://stacker.news
I agree, but journals should allow paying for reading the article X amount of money, where X is much much much lower than the usual amount Y they charge for a subscription. Example: X could be 0.10 USD, while Y is usually around 5-20USD.
And in this day and age there are ways to make this kind of micropayments work, example: lightning. Example of a website built around this idea: http://stacker.news