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joshdawg

(2,954 posts)
8. That's runaway Capitalism for ya.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:14 AM
6 hrs ago

All about whoever has the most money has the most power, and the arrogance that goes with it.
BTW, Fuck trump and his maggot minions.

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Vote With Your Wallet Roy Rolling 8 hrs ago #1
It shows they have lots of spare change Gum Logger 7 hrs ago #4
The only thing I have on that list is Paramount + which will be toast in August Bengus81 4 hrs ago #19
"Bezos doesn't need my money..." OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #11
They rely on advertisers to keep the paper in the black. Subscribers leave and so do Bengus81 3 hrs ago #24
I'm sure they can get mypillow to renew their ad subscription mdbl 34 min ago #26
We still receive an occasional "please come back" email from them. QueerDuck 8 hrs ago #2
Greedy scum controlling the narrative wolfie001 7 hrs ago #3
That's runaway Capitalism for ya. joshdawg 6 hrs ago #8
I cancelled my subscription in November 2024 perdita9 6 hrs ago #5
Make a new newspaper Tetrachloride 6 hrs ago #6
Not Worth the 99 cents per month I was Paying eringer 6 hrs ago #7
Many of us had already left The Post COL Mustard 6 hrs ago #9
60k sounds like a big loss, but the total number of digital subscribers to WaPo is 2.5M. TheRickles 6 hrs ago #10
It's not only the decline in numeracy, marybourg 6 hrs ago #12
This is how the NYT framed it (the piece is a lengthy long-form thing that is typical of something in the magazine) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #14
Interesting snip about the content's context- thanks. But still no numerical context by the Times. TheRickles 5 hrs ago #15
I haven't read the whole thing yet BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #16
10% is getting serious! Thanks for tracking this down. TheRickles 3 hrs ago #22
The cuts really make no sense Deminpenn 5 hrs ago #13
As someone who worked in corporate management for years, you cannot cut your way to profitability. Lonestarblue 4 hrs ago #17
I worked for a company like that; cutting support staff produced worse cust svc Callie1979 4 hrs ago #20
I dropped it when he BOUGHT it. And I've NEVER used Amazon. How many DUeers have stopped? Callie1979 4 hrs ago #18
About the Post AverageOldGuy 3 hrs ago #21
Not enough people are willing to pay for internet content when the mindset is that it should all be "free" MichMan 3 hrs ago #23
Do people realize that Besos doesn't care edhopper 1 hr ago #25
Is THAT all? Not enough. nt jrthin 21 min ago #27
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