[ThunderSizzle]

Every website would then become a snake oil salesman for buying their subscription.

It'd be like streaming today. Fragmented, expensive, and useless. And no one would like it.

Beyond that, websites would still need people to be addicted to justify the sub.

And furthermore, "sponsorships" will still occur behind the sub wall.

[SecretDreams]

What was the internet like in the early days before monetization? (Hint: I was there and it was great, albeit slow on dial up =]).