Hmm, I don't entirely agree - I don't, after all, need my Disney+ subscription, or my Spotify subscription, or several patreon sponsorships. I think those are

Hmm, I don't entirely agree - I don't, after all, need my Disney+ subscription, or my Spotify subscription, or several patreon sponsorships. I think those are comparable. The major intrinsic advantage they have is that they offer immediate gratification. The non-intrinsic advantage they have is that they're low commitment. When you could pick up a relevant magazine in a shop that had both characteristics. Now it has neither and one of them's self-inflicted.