It’s not inevitable. It’s just a specific form of leadership failure that comes from grabby short term business people being in charge of everything.
As a counter example, the Economist or the NY Times don’t feel anywhere near this bad. They make you pay. But subscribers get a much nicer product in return.
> Creating quality information for the average citizen is not a sustainable enterprise today.
It used to be. People used to subscribe to the newspaper.
Unfortunately, the advertising model convinced a generation that they don’t need to pay for journalism or really any information online. Journalism is just as expensive as it’s ever been. But news is only written if someone is willing to pay journalists and editors.
The direction of views is irrelevant. What's relevant is the forward passage of time. As t -> infinity, shitty monetization -> infinity.