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by concordDance 1293 days ago
Most people do pay. E.g. Netflix or whatever.

I personally pay $50/month on Patreon to various makers.

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> Most people do pay. E.g. Netflix or whatever.

That's for long form video content (series, movies, documentaries, etc.).

Text content is rarely something people pay for.

How many newspapers are you subscribed to?

> I personally pay $50/month on Patreon to various makers.

Sure, but look what the ratio of Patreon subscriber to viewers is for Twitch streams or Youtube content creators is.