Having been on both sides as a customer and foundee, I love subscriptions.
Every business needs a business model. Subscribers is a very clear one. I'm untrusting of any service that's free and doesn't rely on ad-revenue, because they have incentive to make money in other shady ways like selling your data to third-parties who will use it against your best interests.
Subscriptions are a nice business model because they are predictable costs/revenue to both customers and the business.
What I don't like are subscriptions that don't grandfather you into higher pricing, and pay-as-you-go plans, because it's so easy to forget about then and their rules and get charged a nasty bill later.
As a customer IMO subscriptions are the lesser of all the evils, and the best alternative to ads, eg YouTube Premium.
Agreed. It's incredibly difficult to know what the audience wants, at least until you have a loyal community following (fans). Even then it's not perfect.
I'm taking a course on how to build and grow a YouTube channel. The main advice they give is "just commit to making a video once a week, every week, for 2 years, and you're life will change." It's a tautology, no guarantees on how well your channel will do, but it's such a simple idea, and nice motivator to build momentum and keep going.
I love this comment. Thank you for sharing this experience.
I also underestimated the impact of having my work burned in front of me after 2 years of overtime and sacrifice. The money afforded me some level of financial Independence which at least gives me the optionality to choose whether I want to suffer this again.
I'm thinking of following in your footsteps. Wish me luck!
Every business needs a business model. Subscribers is a very clear one. I'm untrusting of any service that's free and doesn't rely on ad-revenue, because they have incentive to make money in other shady ways like selling your data to third-parties who will use it against your best interests.
Subscriptions are a nice business model because they are predictable costs/revenue to both customers and the business.
What I don't like are subscriptions that don't grandfather you into higher pricing, and pay-as-you-go plans, because it's so easy to forget about then and their rules and get charged a nasty bill later.
As a customer IMO subscriptions are the lesser of all the evils, and the best alternative to ads, eg YouTube Premium.