> That's how I know that a relatively few people can keep it all afloat. No, clicking on those ads doesn't cost anything for those few people. Now they'd actua

> That's how I know that a relatively few people can keep it all afloat. No, clicking on those ads doesn't cost anything for those few people. Now they'd actually have to pay for the content, and subsidize everyone else, which wouldn't happen, they'd just move to a paywalled model. Ads generate cross-subsidization, subscriptions generate pay-walling.