I think the subscribtions are just too expensive for a lot of people. For example, $7 a month to listen to somebody's paywalled podcast is $84 a year, just to h

I think the subscribtions are just too expensive for a lot of people. For example, $7 a month to listen to somebody's paywalled podcast is $84 a year, just to hear that one person alone. For some people that's a drop in the bucket, but, for many, it's just too expensive. Makes more sense to subscribe once a year for a month, go through all the content, come back in a year and repeat the process.