I'm a sustaining member of my local NPR affiliate and donate to wikipedia because I appreciate them both and know they have expenses. Any supposed 'news' page, including those so often linked here in forum posts, is a cornucopia of click bait, cleavage, and crap. Compared to ANY I've seen yet we see very little fluff or intrusion here, and I applaud Muhammad for keeping this site so free of such folly.
I stopped using ABP long ago out of conscience and because I'm rich.
I don't mind paying for something as valuable to me as TBN, if only in theory vs in fact.
btw, Folks I know that decry the 'cost of everything' seem too busy counting the freebies and not the nickels and dimes that trickle through their fingers while going after them. None ever show me the jar where they keep all that $$ they 'save' buying needless s__ with coupons. As often as not they spend that 'savings' the very day they redeem one. I have better things to do than look for ways that others can pay my way. :2cents: