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The trouble with this idea is that I don't WANT a subscription to (say) The NY Times. Perhaps two or three times a month there's an article there that I'd sort-
by mikro2nd 9y ago
The trouble with this idea is that I don't WANT a subscription to (say) The NY Times. Perhaps two or three times a month there's an article there that I'd sort-of like to read. That does not justify the $5/month subscription they'd like (or however much it is). And if they put a stumbling block in my path (say, maybe, a paywall or some such) then I'll forego the article. Chances are I'll find it quite easily somewhere else anyway, since mostly they're just regurgitating press releases and wire feeds.
There's a mismatch between the value they ask and the value they offer. It's a deep and wide gulf and results from wildly mismatched wants, needs and assumptions.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoI believe I have seen some publications that will take one time donations. I certainly do on my sites. Again, it isn't exactly raking me rich, so to speak. So I sincerely think this is primarily an excuse.
- mikro2nd 9y agoI've seen a few that do offer a single-article fee, and that /might/ work -- except that the ones I've seen usually want a dollar or two which in my world is a disproportionate ask for the value offered -- and I'm not even sure that the value I end up receiving will match the value offered/promised until after the fact. The risk/reward ratio is just all wrong. (I don't mean to imply that this is the case for your work.) I do agree that it's frequently used as an excuse, though.