The subscription math is flunky for another reason - many subscriptions are shared within the same household, and doing so seems tacitly permitted by most subsc

The subscription math is flunky for another reason - many subscriptions are shared within the same household, and doing so seems tacitly permitted by most subscription providers. But under a micropayments model, it is much more likely for multiple members of the same household to purchase multiple copies of the article. So the question often enough isn't about comparing a dollar for an article versus hundreds of dollars for a subscription, but about multiple dollars per article versus the cost of a subscription.