@codinghorror @jwz @bignose If nobody wanted to pay for anything, then advertisers would already be out of business. People don't mind paying for things they value. Industries continue screwing themselves over by trying to extract more and more money out of consumers while also drastically reducing value. Users are not to blame for that.
Sincerely, Someone who pays $50/mo for Propublica, as well as hard drives for pirating content because I got tired of getting ripped off/attacked by MPA/RIAA.