Ori Feibush, the developer who founded the chain 13 years ago, said the shops were never profitable. He also cited "tens of thousands of dollars" in costs associated with a push to join a union.
      • MrFappy@lemmy.world
        71·
        4 个月前

        They get support from ad revenue driven by writing good and informed stories. Also, that publication is about as local to me as the Anchorage Gazette, so I really don’t care about supporting them.

        • Ptsf@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 个月前

          Ad revenue is actually barrier to higher quality content. Sure you’ll get some, but payment rate per click has been driven so low in modern times that it provides a strong incentivising pressure to increase production and consumption, not satisfaction or retention.