Yeah.. That's what I was speculating from reading the page. IMO (but by no means am I an expert) I think it would be easier to convince a limited amount of content producers to offer up some value that would attract users than it would be to convince users to pay for something that they have no immediate use for. I guess my opinion is based on the assumption that minimally lost revenue for the content producers would be easier to absorb than for the average user to absorb a $10 service which is competing with other monthly services like Netflix, music subscriptions, and other individual website subscriptions. I mostly posit this because just recently on HN there was a service displayed to analyze your bank data to point out monthly subscriptions, so I assume it's a pain point consumers are already concerned with.
You've definitely got a solid plan there, and its basically what Patreon is doing. But our belief is that if you're a content creator, you shouldn't have to do work on top of your creating to earn a living, hence the direct to consumer route
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Yeah.. That's what I was speculating from reading the page. IMO (but by no means am I an expert) I think it would be easier to convince a limited amount of content producers to offer up some value that would attract users than it would be to convince users to pay for something that they have no immediate use for. I guess my opinion is based on the assumption that minimally lost revenue for the content producers would be easier to absorb than for the average user to absorb a $10 service which is competing with other monthly services like Netflix, music subscriptions, and other individual website subscriptions. I mostly posit this because just recently on HN there was a service displayed to analyze your bank data to point out monthly subscriptions, so I assume it's a pain point consumers are already concerned with.
You've definitely got a solid plan there, and its basically what Patreon is doing. But our belief is that if you're a content creator, you shouldn't have to do work on top of your creating to earn a living, hence the direct to consumer route