My guess is Mixergy's audience is a tiny fraction of Laporte's. Leo had his own TV show. You can't assume more value (in fact there's probably much less) and yo

My guess is Mixergy's audience is a tiny fraction of Laporte's. Leo had his own TV show. You can't assume more value (in fact there's probably much less) and you can't simply say "Leo makes a fortune off of sponsorships therefore everyone online should go that route. I'm not sure his business model is the right one by any means, but he has a right to try. It's not lame to do so. And I don't think the knee-jerk reaction against charging is healthy. My guess is that the reaction (seen every time someone starts charging) is usually caused by the desire to keep getting it for free, and then all of these illogical justifications rationalize them.