Subscribed to 2 author's services after getting exposed to them on SA and was considering signing up for 2 more in 2021... not now. As others have stated, this change in paywall policy is a very bad business decision on the part of SA and I can't imagine how this could have been communicated any more poorly, either. This will certainly drive not just readers away, but over time, authors, too. Apparently SA considers the 70,000 paid subscribers they claim to be enough, as I can only imagine this number going backwards as the access to articles and number of authors goes backwards. Too bad...
Subscribed to 2 author's services after getting exposed to them on SA and was considering signing up for 2 more in 2021... not now. As others have stated, this change in paywall policy is a very bad business decision on the part of SA and I can't imagine how this could have been communicated any more poorly, either. This will certainly drive not just readers away, but over time, authors, too. Apparently SA considers the 70,000 paid subscribers they claim to be enough, as I can only imagine this number going backwards as the access to articles and number of authors goes backwards. Too bad...