I am also a baby boomer and on SS and although I am a paid subscriber, any video here "ad-free" as a subscriber, you get on youtube for free with ads. Every single substack I subscribe to paid or unpaid asks to "become a paid subscriber" in their emails. It's a business. But every video here as far as I know is on the Meidas Touch youtube channel (so much content from so many contributors you couldn't possibly watch it all) including Legal AF (plus they have a separate Legal AF MTN you tube channel) and Ron's Uncovered with Anthony Davis on Wed (which is why he doesn't publish the newsletter on Wed). Anyone can come here as an unpaid subscriber and read post and comment. That's why there is brainfog spam and Pete/petey/peter the pizza troll.
The only difference I note is on Ron's newsletter during the week only non-paid get the first half, and I get the rest, but on Sunday every member here paid or unpaid gets the entire thing. The man is online 14 hours a day getting every piece of news he can for us and he deserves every single dime for the scum of the earth he has to wade through so we don't have to. I am very empathetic to all of those who can't pay. MTN is the most expensive substack and I didn't pay at the beginning but now I do so I see the few differences.
Bottom line, the paid subscribers help to pay for their 30 member or more staff they have grown so much and have to make their money from YT ads online or paid subs here. Ben and his brothers, Popok,, Ron quit their jobs to do this fulltime. And there are certain perks for paying. That's life. and it's not unfair. MTN is one of THE most generous with their free content. You can read and comment. That is a perk for everyone.
I honestly don't know what precipitated this convo because I can't go through all the comments, but I signed in to see the comments and yours was first so that's why I'm responding to you but I hear this comment from others too.
No one is taking our food or home or SS to be here. Most of us are here because it's a great community of like minded people internationally and a safe space to speak. I mean this from my heart Gale. You don't owe anyone an explanation if you are not paid. You get the same respect from me, and your opinion is worth just as much as anyone else's. Have a good Sunday. . 🙏
I am also a baby boomer and on SS and although I am a paid subscriber, any video here "ad-free" as a subscriber, you get on youtube for free with ads. Every single substack I subscribe to paid or unpaid asks to "become a paid subscriber" in their emails. It's a business. But every video here as far as I know is on the Meidas Touch youtube channel (so much content from so many contributors you couldn't possibly watch it all) including Legal AF (plus they have a separate Legal AF MTN you tube channel) and Ron's Uncovered with Anthony Davis on Wed (which is why he doesn't publish the newsletter on Wed). Anyone can come here as an unpaid subscriber and read post and comment. That's why there is brainfog spam and Pete/petey/peter the pizza troll.
The only difference I note is on Ron's newsletter during the week only non-paid get the first half, and I get the rest, but on Sunday every member here paid or unpaid gets the entire thing. The man is online 14 hours a day getting every piece of news he can for us and he deserves every single dime for the scum of the earth he has to wade through so we don't have to. I am very empathetic to all of those who can't pay. MTN is the most expensive substack and I didn't pay at the beginning but now I do so I see the few differences.
Bottom line, the paid subscribers help to pay for their 30 member or more staff they have grown so much and have to make their money from YT ads online or paid subs here. Ben and his brothers, Popok,, Ron quit their jobs to do this fulltime. And there are certain perks for paying. That's life. and it's not unfair. MTN is one of THE most generous with their free content. You can read and comment. That is a perk for everyone.
I honestly don't know what precipitated this convo because I can't go through all the comments, but I signed in to see the comments and yours was first so that's why I'm responding to you but I hear this comment from others too.
No one is taking our food or home or SS to be here. Most of us are here because it's a great community of like minded people internationally and a safe space to speak. I mean this from my heart Gale. You don't owe anyone an explanation if you are not paid. You get the same respect from me, and your opinion is worth just as much as anyone else's. Have a good Sunday. . 🙏