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Even if it were seamless, I think many people would rather just scroll past some crappy ads vs paying even a few cents to read an article. A monthly sub works b
by seanp2k2 4y ago
Even if it were seamless, I think many people would rather just scroll past some crappy ads vs paying even a few cents to read an article. A monthly sub works better, but the content that I'm actually excited to pay for comes from folks like YouTube creators with Patreons. I don't HAVE to pay, but I like what they do enough to support them, and there are enough folks who feel similarly that they're able to sustain a decent living from it. Of course, this model only works for fairly successful creators, and greedy content companies would still run as many ads as possible even with paid subscriptions, e.g. Hulu / Comcast.
- narag 4y agoEvery model, except paying individually for what you want, has big-picture problems that eventually surface. Collective subscriptions are terrible. You don't a voice to ask for the things you like. Ads brought us private surveillance, as if we don't have enough with nosy governments. Even if it were seamless, I think many people would rather just scroll past some crappy ads vs paying even a few cents to read an article Every time I hear about micropayments is about people trying to sell, not people trying to buy. And most often it's people trying to sell articles and quickly giving up and using ads. A monthly sub works better, but the content that I'm actually excited to pay for comes from folks like YouTube creators with Patreons. All of Substack blogs I've seen have a minimum paid option of something like $4/mo and it's all literature or opinion. I want something that's useful for me and needs works and yes, it's more likely to be found on YouTube.