Most people in this thread are missing the main point of the V4V model Adam and John pioneered over the last 14 years -- which is to eliminate the censorship that always comes with the advertising revenue model.

V4V + uncensorable money is the ultimate free speech toolkit for the "little" guy podcaster.

The subscription model has reach and copyright hurdles. Adam claims subscription models will make less money overall thann his voluntary payment model. His main podcast NoAgenda is good proof that he might be right.