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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The Worst Idea for Publishers

It sounds better in theory than it is in practice if you're a news consumer to be confronted with all of these different news organizations hitting you up for 99 cents to read an article. The lifetime value of a subscriber to Stecry to me is worth hundreds of dollars right? I have very well churn rates once people convert and number three is it's a terrible idea for publishers.

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