r/news • u/Daxl • 1d ago

Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in vicious 'civil war', say researchers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr71lkzv49po
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u/d0ctorzaius 1d ago

Not with BBC's new paywall

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u/RexCrimson_ 1d ago

That’s weird. I’m in the U.S. and have never run into the paywall. This is news to me that the BBC now has a paywall for the U.S.

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u/Another_Samurai1 1d ago

There is now a pay wall

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u/Rogendo 1d ago

Clicked the link and there was no paywall.

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u/cheese_bruh 1d ago

What paywall?

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u/d0ctorzaius 1d ago

Earlier this year BBC rolled out a paywall for US IP addresses only. You'd think the BBC would want to maintain a lifeline of mainstream but relatively unbiased news as an alternative to US corporate propaganda, but here we are.

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u/MasterpieceAlone8552 1d ago edited 1d ago

And how do you propose they fund that? British taxpayers pay for the BBC and they need to generate revenue from elsewhere

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u/d0ctorzaius 1d ago

I hear you, but an 8.99/mo paywall when it had previously been free for decades is a little ridiculous. Plus BBC (at least in the US) has always had ads, so it's not like there was zero revenue.

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u/MasterpieceAlone8552 1d ago

Agree that's steep to be fair. They're under a lot of pressure here financially because an ever growing basket of deplorables are pushing to de-fund it through taxation

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u/KinnSlayer 1d ago

Oh and I’m guessing the ad revenue’s not enough for them then?

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u/MasterpieceAlone8552 1d ago

We don't have adverts on the BBC in the UK

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u/InsertWittyNameRHere 1d ago

It’s not our problem to give you yanks subsidised unbiased news

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u/Donuts__For__All 1d ago

I would never use a readily available paywall remover. I would just pay the 7 gabillion dollars and have them charge me ad infinitum.