Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agoThe BBC is launching a paywall in the USwww.niemanlab.orgexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1286arrow-down1external-linkThe BBC is launching a paywall in the USwww.niemanlab.orgPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·27 days agoI work for a living, so I’m used to my work being exploited as a matter of course.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoThat’s exactly my point. Presumably you’re paid for the work you do, and you shouldn’t have to do it for free, yes?
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-225 days agoYes. But I’m not paid continuously for the work I’ve done in the past, and I’m not paid the actual value of my work. Should we still be paying Homer for his incredible work on the Iliad, do you think?
I work for a living, so I’m used to my work being exploited as a matter of course.
That’s exactly my point.
Presumably you’re paid for the work you do, and you shouldn’t have to do it for free, yes?
Yes. But I’m not paid continuously for the work I’ve done in the past, and I’m not paid the actual value of my work.
Should we still be paying Homer for his incredible work on the Iliad, do you think?