[Turing_Machine]

What makes you (and others) think that citing three (or even half a dozen) examples constitutes some kind of refutation of the general rule?

There are somewhere over a billion web sites, dude. The number of those that are profitable with a subscription model (as opposed to being supported by advertising, or not being profitable at all) is a rounding error -- in the fourth or fifth decimal place.

[vonmoltke]

The number of apps in all app stores combined that are profitable from store sales is also likely a rounding error.

[skinnymuch]

How many apps are profitable and of those how many are made by independent people?

[Turing_Machine]

More than one out of 50 million, you can bet.

[skinnymuch]

Are you saying there’s only like 30 sites with a subscription model that are profitable?