I was talking more about a model that works similarly to advertising (pennies/fraction of penny per page view) I'm more of a fan for direct payments, though I

I was talking more about a model that works similarly to advertising (pennies/fraction of penny per page view) I'm more of a fan for direct payments, though I think a lot of sites would struggle with just that. How many people will subscribe to Android Authority directly? Lots of sites basically get views from searches , but little long term engagement. Those sites are still useful, but only have ads as a revenue model that's "viable"