Nah, absolutely not. Putting a profit incentive on the news is how we end up with how the news currently is - reaction-bait with the sole purpose of driving engagement and views to generate ad revenue, instead of actual, unbiased, honest journalism.

If you want narrow readership. Or a society that bases its current events knowledge almost strictly on headlines instead of article content.

People can’t afford groceries. Rent. There is a profound increase in garbage both along highways and in rural locations because it’s the first utility to be sacrificed in the name of survival.

Paying $x per month to dig deeper in on a headline, while the above is happening, isn’t going to occur on any grand scale.

Gatekeeping the news? No ty.