(2019-02-10) Wilson The Free And Open Internet

Fred Wilson: The Free And Open Internet. The mainstream publications, like Washington Post, have ceded their role as the public square to places like Twitter and Medium that remain open and free.

I think subscriptions have their place in the publishing business. But the way paywalls are implemented today stinks. Some content should never ever be put behind one. And paywalls should federate, like the early ATMs did, so that joining one means joining them all.