Damn straight I can.<p>The marginal cost of providing content is now essentially 0, and there are few-to-no good models for how to handle capital costs when they can&#x27;t be subtly rolled into marginal prices. That doesn&#x27;t mean any of the existing solutions are acceptable.<p>A paywall subscription to the <i>Boston Globe</i> will run me (long term) $7&#x2F;week. That&#x27;s $0.30&#x2F;week less than they would charge me for a daily <i>physical</i>  paper.<p>Full access to Buzzfeed, meanwhile, is 100% free and <i>still</i> isn&#x27;t worth what it costs.<p>So yes, I&#x27;ll complain. I&#x27;ll complain that I have a choice between (malware-serving) advertisements, value-erasing sponsored content, and usurious paywalls that start at monthly subscriptions.<p>I know this isn&#x27;t an easy problem.  Microtransactions (pay per article) are unappealing to consumers. Tipping (Patreon) isn&#x27;t a stable revenue stream for large organizations. And no matter what you paywall, someone will put it up for free. Even academic journals haven&#x27;t beaten <i>that</i> reality. But for all that, I still don&#x27;t have to like the existing answers.