I don't even understand how newspapers are staying in business anymore. I mean, I know that the companies are already suffering to an incredibly degree, but it amazes me that they're even still going at this point. There's basically no reason for them to even exist anymore, is there? Essentially, pretty much anything that you have to pay for in the newspaper, you can get for free online. Not only that, it's so much less wasteful, not having to use all that paper. And yet we're still selling them. Why?
I get that there are old people who don't like the internet, because I don't know, they probably think it introduces children to the occult or something,* but these people are going to be gone in the next couple of decades. Soon, the internet is going to be as commonly used as the telephone, and then where are these companies going to be? They're going to be screwed, unless they get onto the online news bandwagon fast. I know most newspapers also have websites where they offer up the same content for FREE,** so why are we even bothering any more? They might as well just cut their losses and get out now, right?
It's a convenience thing, really. The internet can get information faster, on smaller devices, and pretty much anywhere in the world if you're willing to pay for 3G. And many of us our, considering how well the iPhone's been selling. Newspapers are kind of screwed.
*And we've already established how untrustworthy old people are.
**Seriously, who came up with this business model?
I'm sure there's always gonna be a small portion of people who use newspapers, no matter what. It's nice to rely on things that won't suddenly have the electronic equivalent of a hairball. Admittedly, newspapers are wasteful AF, tho.
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