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> It is too easy to: splash page, Wordpress, "rails new saas" for a product and then try to sell via SEO / outbound

Not even that, these days people simply start newsletters...

Still, I wouldn't write off the payment model. People seem to prefer subscriptions to one-time payments. If they didn't, Netflix, Spotify, etc., wouldn't enjoy the popularity they do.




That's a very niche and small cherry-pick that you did.

I practically know only 2 people willing to pay monthly sub for note taking or various such trivia. 99% of everyone I know is very conservative about monthly subs. Sure Netflix / Spotify / YouTube Premium / etc. are worth it but most apps out there really are not.

Plus there's such a thing as a "sub fatigue" these days. People feel everybody is after a chunk of their wallet each month and are starting to resist. I don't even mean myself or other tech-savvy people; I really mean mothers and grandmothers who have no clue but still don't want to pay up all the time.


Iā€™m willing to bet there are a reasonable number of people who are willing to pay $10 a month but would balk at a one off $100.




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