>But the point is that with micropayments only the rich have access, and with ad-supported revenue everyone has access. I think most people prefer the latter.

>But the point is that with micropayments only the rich have access, and with ad-supported revenue everyone has access. I think most people prefer the latter. As a a counter to that, I've been watching 3blue1brown's maths videos on Patreon. Payments get you early access to content, but everything gets posted up eventually and it seems preferable to having ads.