All these subscriptions and the prices they are asking are one of my triggers, so here I go again.
You used to be able to subscribe to online journals (anything from say WSJ to Gray Zone to Reason and everything in between) for around $50/yr and get access to a variety of commentors and people actually doing journalist work.
Now everyone's off on Substack going solo and asking the same price (or more) to read their commentary on the passing scene. Sorry, I have a budget to spread around, and most of you ain't getting' a piece. And you don't need a PhD in economics like Glenn to know that I'm not the only creature in existence with a "budget constraint", however high or low it might be. In fact, every creature that has ever crawled out of the ooze has one.
So most of these people will fail to draw many subscribers, at least at these rates. They remind me of the kids whose career plan is to be a rapper or a professional athlete. Most will never be heard from.*
(*Unless, for example, as in the case of one of the former, they die under a police officer's knee.)
Reminds me. Let me know if and when any of my links dead end into a sub required no-go. If so, I'll see if I can find an alternative non-sub required source. Hard to tell whether it's a "protected" piece or not when you're already subbed to the site. (This should be a feature sites put in place to distinguish the two types of material.)
All these subscriptions and the prices they are asking are one of my triggers, so here I go again.
You used to be able to subscribe to online journals (anything from say WSJ to Gray Zone to Reason and everything in between) for around $50/yr and get access to a variety of commentors and people actually doing journalist work.
Now everyone's off on Substack going solo and asking the same price (or more) to read their commentary on the passing scene. Sorry, I have a budget to spread around, and most of you ain't getting' a piece. And you don't need a PhD in economics like Glenn to know that I'm not the only creature in existence with a "budget constraint", however high or low it might be. In fact, every creature that has ever crawled out of the ooze has one.
So most of these people will fail to draw many subscribers, at least at these rates. They remind me of the kids whose career plan is to be a rapper or a professional athlete. Most will never be heard from.*
(*Unless, for example, as in the case of one of the former, they die under a police officer's knee.)
Reminds me. Let me know if and when any of my links dead end into a sub required no-go. If so, I'll see if I can find an alternative non-sub required source. Hard to tell whether it's a "protected" piece or not when you're already subbed to the site. (This should be a feature sites put in place to distinguish the two types of material.)
I'll try and remember.