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Frankly, I've seen little evidence that subscription fatigue exists beyond a handful of complains in HN links and comments. The meteoric growth of Onlyfans demo
by teej 6y ago
Frankly, I've seen little evidence that subscription fatigue exists beyond a handful of complains in HN links and comments. The meteoric growth of Onlyfans demonstrates the opposite - that there's huge demand for subscriptions and we're only starting to learn what subscription content folks will pay for.
I suspect that the average person does not sweat every single $5 purchase they make.
- free_rms 6y agoI was under the impression that most subscriptions to OnlyFans were made in a.. less rational state of mind.
- teej 6y agoThat's absurd. Humans do not lose all executive decision making just because the pixels on their phone are in the shape of a nipple. See also: NYT, Substack, Patreon.
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- didibus 6y agoI think OP meant that some type of content just makes more money. I'm also curious, beyond explicit adult content, I wonder how much OnlyFans is pulling in.
- chillwaves 6y agoCheck out Twitch streamers. I have personally witnessed a $5000 donation on a live stream from a variety streamer who mostly would dance, cosplay and stream gaming.
- cercatrova 6y agoResearch shows that higher order brain function shuts down when being sexually stimulated, but I understand your general point.
- Lammy 6y agoThe "average person" in the US also couldn't cover a $1000 emergency expense before the pandemic so maybe there's something to this and we shouldn't be encouraging more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/41-percent-of-americans-would-be-able-to-cover-1000-dollar-emergency-with-savings.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/41-percent-of-americans-woul...
- teej 6y agoThis is an argument for UBI, not against the subscription business model.
- twblalock 6y agoSaving $5 here and there is not going to substantially improve emergency savings for the average person. However, it will make their life a little bit less pleasant. People frequently post on Reddit's personal finance forum saying they have tens of thousands of dollars in debt, they are upside down on their car loan, what can they do? And the first responses are always things like "cancel Netflix". That doesn't really help solve financial problems of that magnitude, it just makes people more miserable.
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- HumblyTossed 6y agoI don't think there's been enough time. I firmly believe that subscription fatigue will eventually hit enough people to show that model isn't sustainable for everyone. People will still have subs for some apps, but only a few. > I suspect that the average person does not sweat every single $5 purchase they make. I suspect people don't know just how little discretionary income for things like this the average person really has. Something like 3/4 of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.