This Free News Tool Feels Like a Win. It’s Actually a Surrender.
A new paywall-free news aggregator is making the rounds, and it feels like a victory for readers tired of hitting subscription walls. But it’s not a win — it’s a symptom of a deeper collapse. The advertising model that sustained journalism is dead, paywalls are a desperate last resort, and every bypass pushes the industry closer to oblivion. The tool works. The system doesn’t.