Subscription Banner: Subscribing to paid news websites is more secure than reading “free” news sites. Remember, if a product is free, the consumer is the real product. Most “free” sites harvest their readers’ browsing data and sell it to marketing firms.
Which of the following, if true, is most damaging to the position espoused by the subscription banner?
We have to find an option which goes in the direction that subscription to paid news is not more secure than reading free news sites.
A. Consumers who do not read news websites are less likely to be influenced by online marketing than consumers who do read news websites.
Incorrect, it just compares consumers who read free news and ones who don't, doesn't highlight any difference between paid news and free news.
B. Paid news websites engage in data harvesting just as often as free news websites do.
Correct, it is spot on. Strongly reduces the confidence that paid news is not secured than free news sites.
C. For locations with poor internet connectivity, paid news websites can guarantee faster loading times and video quality than free news websites can.
Incorrect, just highlights the advantage of paid news sites.
D. Subscription to paid news websites includes access to certain digital news services that do not deal with data harvesting in any way.
Incorrect, highlights an advantage of paid news sites which shows that they are more secured.
E. Subscribers to paid news websites can choose what level of access they want to the site and pay accordingly.
Incorrect, just highlights the advantage of paid news sites.