…and nothing of value would be lost.

Mostly true but there are a few good channels with very practical information for picking up new skills (gardening, woodwork, playing an instrument, etc) as well as looking up troubleshooting information.

Those too would be lost.

Sure some drag out three minutes into fifteen, but whatever…

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YurgenJurgensen 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In the olden days, those people wrote for things we called ‘magazines’. Without infinite free content at people’s fingertips, actually paying for curated content will likely make a comeback.

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Aurornis 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Magazines primarily make money through advertising.

Even that “curated” content is often the result of a company’s PR professionals sending free gear for review and possibly wining and dining the writers.

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mc32 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s a bit harder to find stuff in a magazine that helps troubleshoot a water pump at night…

	▲	YurgenJurgensen 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I’m going to shock you, but you can pay for magazine-like content through the Internet right now.

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justapassenger 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You do realize that sponsored stories aren’t modern invention? Magazines were full of it too, sometimes disclosed, most often not.

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YurgenJurgensen 3 hours ago | parent [-]

And? They’d be banned too.

	▲	runarberg 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In fact they were, and perhaps even still are, however regulators have simply stopped enforcing consumer protection laws in the past 20 years. Neo-liberalism reigns supreme and Ronald Regan became the king of Europe.

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inigyou 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If it's really that good, you'll pay for it with the money you saved in advertising. You're paying for the ads, don't forget. Plenty of people used to pay for things like woodworking classes, back when there was money. Doing a woodworking class in person at a woodworking shop will teach you much better than youtube.