Washington Post Offers Free Access Through PerplexityAI Browser Partnership
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Summary
The article criticizes the Washington Post's partnership with PerplexityAI, where the newspaper offers free access to its content in exchange for users downloading PerplexityAI's proprietary Comet browser. The author views this arrangement as emblematic of the decline of both democracy and the open internet, noting the irony of the background images (a muddy floor and American flag) that inadvertently reflect this deterioration. The piece expresses concern about the erosion of journalistic integrity and open web principles through such commercial partnerships.
Key quotes
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The two story masthead images in the background – a floor caked in mud and filth, and an American flag – are inadvertently perfect.
In other words – you get free access to news if you download PerplexityAI's proprietary browser.
Democracy and the open internet die in daylight
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