[prmph]

You misunderstand the article.

His point is that if you want to be properly compensated for your writing, then you need to take the capitalist bull by the horns, so to speak. His objection is this middle place where "buy me a coffee" is only likely to make you a few bucks here and there, nothing like a proper compensation for your efforts (if you think you need that) and yet also leaves a slightly stale taste in the mouth of some readers.

Basically, cheapening the blog for nothing. Not to say I entirely agree with him, but this is his point in a nutshell.

[happytoexplain]

I disagree - the author makes his unqualified disdain for "begging" unambiguously clear. He is unreasonable, simplistic, and frankly does not make the (exact) argument you generously ascribe to him (though maybe he meant to, and you can see through his miswording).