200-300 words in favor of paywall - Rob

Argument in favour of paywall

Paywall, a feature of a website that requires payment from users, so that they can receive further content and services. Paywall restricts access to content for those who do not pay. There are many advantages of putting up paywall on a website, and everyone should be in favour of paywall after focusing on these benefits. Firstly, paywall legitimizes the quality of the content. This means that higher quality content will only be available to readers who value it, and will therefore pay for it. Paying for quality is also a great reason to pay for paywall as readers may not find certain content available anywhere else.

Secondly, putting up a paywall online e.g. on a news website is much cheaper than buying a newspaper on the way to work every day. Therefore readers can access the same news stories online at a much lower price than on a printed newspaper. Paying for paywall will allow users to save, send, and copy news which is not possible on a printed newspaper.

Thirdly, putting up a paywall is advantageous because it is highly reliable. The newspapers will not ask you for payments of the content if it has been written by uneducated or beginner journalists. The newspapers will ask you for payment because their content is written by experienced professionals, who are highly educated. Therefore, paying for a paywall will benefit you as it will make your reading, research and understanding of a higher and more reliable quality than someone who has accessed news for free.

The last reason as to why you should sign up for paywall is the fact that ‘Journalism is a profession’. This means that the journalists who write and publish articles do not just do it for fun . They have to do extensive research on their topic, make sure it is valid and reliable and constantly check their work for any errors. This requires time and hard work. Therefore, by agreeing to paywall we are not only benefiting ourselves but also journalists, who see paywall as a way in which they earn a living. Paywall is a source of income for their career. We need to consider the fact that just as we would want our hard work to be rewarded, so would these journalists. Paywall is not only a way of ‘accessing content’, it is also a way in which journalists survive and protect their career.