I do too, but...here I am. I wonder if an opt-out payment scheme would work: you authorize the site to bill you up to (say) $5/month. When you finish reading a

I do too, but...here I am. I wonder if an opt-out payment scheme would work: you authorize the site to bill you up to (say) $5/month. When you finish reading an article, the site deducts $0.25 from your account unless you take some simple action. If your account is empty, you read for free until the next month, and maybe some "proud support/well read" flair or something. It does put a limit on the site's monthly revenue, but perhaps ensuring that readers feel like they're getting what they paid for helps make up for that.