I agree that this feels like a major ambush against long time faithful SA users. I certainly will never pay $75 or even $30/month to gain access to old articles. If the cost were $10 or $20/year, I might consider it. This will lead to multiple "following" or "tracking" comments posted so that users can retain access to the comment thread of articles they might have an interest in. The overall quality of comments is going to drop.
I agree that this feels like a major ambush against long time faithful SA users. I certainly will never pay $75 or even $30/month to gain access to old articles. If the cost were $10 or $20/year, I might consider it. This will lead to multiple "following" or "tracking" comments posted so that users can retain access to the comment thread of articles they might have an interest in. The overall quality of comments is going to drop.