He grossly overstates the stability of subscriptions and their predictability. They _can_ be more stable than advertising revenue when faced with some kinds of disruptive factors... anyway, written from the grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side-of-the-fence perspective of someone who hasn't been there.
Spencer Fry, I'm sure, has been there, given that carbonmade is a subscription model business. I don't disagree with what you're saying, but I just wanted to point out that this article isn't from someone with no experience at all on the subject. (Apologies if you were referring to yourself - the comment is a bit ambiguous in that regard)
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He grossly overstates the stability of subscriptions and their predictability. They _can_ be more stable than advertising revenue when faced with some kinds of disruptive factors... anyway, written from the grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side-of-the-fence perspective of someone who hasn't been there.
Spencer Fry, I'm sure, has been there, given that carbonmade is a subscription model business. I don't disagree with what you're saying, but I just wanted to point out that this article isn't from someone with no experience at all on the subject. (Apologies if you were referring to yourself - the comment is a bit ambiguous in that regard)