"Subscriptions are just not effective when there are free (legal or illegal) alternatives to be had." Sky would argue with that, the decline of old broadcast m

"Subscriptions are just not effective when there are free (legal or illegal) alternatives to be had." Sky would argue with that, the decline of old broadcast mediums has little to do subscriptions, most of the most successful web applications around use a saas subscription model, I dont see whats 20th century about it, at all. beats the hell out of trying get people to click on adverts.