I think the problem is that, no matter how small the payment, it's some nonzero amount of friction for growth. Not only are you putting a paywall up between non

I think the problem is that, no matter how small the payment, it's some nonzero amount of friction for growth. Not only are you putting a paywall up between nonusers and content, you're asking me as a user to put my stuff behind your paywall. I think ad-supported just works better with the 'link-economy' and architecture of the web.