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Originally Posted by Bill Ryan
We did!
It was just about the first thing we posted, as we knew it was important not to ambush people with this.
We actually said (in early September) we'd implement the subscription at the start of October. But there were so many new posts and threads right at the beginning that we do understand that you might well have missed it.
Very best wishes, Bill
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It is just a bad business decision to try to charge for something people obviously don't want to pay for.
Subscription models on the web only work for things that people are willing to pay for... like porn.
For everything else there is advertising.
Look at Google. All of their services are free and they make $5B every 3 months.
Unlike forum users, advertisers will go out of their way to give you money.
I admit that advertising is a less then desirable solution but it is a much better solution then your subscription idea.
People love you and we are grateful for the work that you do but you should take some business advice.