Ah yes, the old proclamation of 'entitlement' and then suggestions of a government impact leading to wanting things for free in opposition to unabashed capitalism? Um, no, not at all. Those arguments have nothing to do here as I have said previously. I don't expect anything for free, which is why I have paid a fee to mostly browse from 2004 to 2016 (2018?) with very few benefits from those who don't subscribe. More recently, there is the expectation of incurring additional ads, unless you desire to pay an ADDITIONAL fee to not have the additional ads. Maybe afterwards when you pay for those new intrusive ads to stop, there is a new level of intrusiveness and you need to deter those at the cost of another level of higher subscription. So there then becomes a free, paid, ultra-paid, and supreme paid subscriptions? Since I mostly browse and have not posted much since 2004, I'm one who would benefit most (financially) from letting my paid account expire because I have supported this site as more of a viewer (i.e. free subscriber) and personification of supplementation for others. Rant over
Still love ya'll, and GBR!