I mean not the OP's point, but: - Rent seeking is not behavior I care for, and so much of the subscription service stuff is exactly that. - I'm more than happ

I mean not the OP's point, but: - Rent seeking is not behavior I care for, and so much of the subscription service stuff is exactly that. - I'm more than happy to pay for quite a few patreon/similar things. - But _ultimately_ I don't just want to "consume" content, I want to share it. In fact I believe sharing the cultural artifacts I engage with is an essential part of a culture, and that getting in the way of that is morally wrong. So if your paywall gets in the way of _that_, I _will_ work around it. Edit: also, the other side of the problem is that there are too many websites now. When it was Netflix and nearly everything there, I payed for it. I no longer pay for shows and movies, because things got _completely_ nuts. Similar thing with news. Reality is I pay _way_ more for Patreon than most people I know - not because of any moral reasons, but because I can actually afford that. And a typical news site asks as much as what I give to some of my favorite writers and painters.