but I'd rather people just said "I don't want to pay" rather than making up impossible criteria for why they shouldn't pay But there is a market for content. E

but I'd rather people just said "I don't want to pay" rather than making up impossible criteria for why they shouldn't pay But there is a market for content. E.g., a relatively small German newspaper (Taz) has a 'voluntary paywall' (which you can basically click through without paying) [1] and still they earned approximately 0.5 million Euro so far this year: https://www.taz.de/Archiv-Suche/!5436670/ https://www.taz.de/Archiv-Suche/!5436670/ This is besides regular subscriptions and a system where you can buy shares in a 'cooperative'. Another, more well-known example in these confines is Linux Weekly News, which besides relatively non-obtrusive ads, offers subscriptions [2] to see new content immediately (rather than after a week). [1] http://www.taz.de/!153704/ http://www.taz.de/!153704/ [2] https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#subs https://lwn.net/op/FAQ.lwn#subs