Vox Day has been predicting for a while now that the "free content" based on the advertising model of revenue was going to disappear, at least for quality content on the Internet, and that content creators were going to have to move to some form of subscription type service to make any money. And that is exactly what we've seen: some content creators have moved to using Patreon or similar either to supplement income from advertising or replace it entirely, set up subscription based substack accounts or similar, or other means of requiring payment to access their content.
Cody Lundin has done something similar with his new "The Survival Show". The description reads:
Part parody, part variety show... all really far out! The Survival Show with Cody Lundin educates while it entertains, featuring survival tips, tricks, and techniques designed to help you survive emergencies in town or country. Join internationally - recognized survival instructor Cody Lundin, Dr. Dingle, the Mail Girls, Ded Fred, The Mansons, and the rest of the gang as you laugh while you learn! The Survival Show with Cody Lundin is the next evolution of survival television dedicated to teaching real people real skills! Watch Season One now!
There appears to be several options for viewing, including streaming or ordering a DVD. On the main page, there are two buttons for buying or renting the first season (for $29.99 or $19.99 respectively), which appears to be for the streaming. Renting gives you access to the content for 7 days. There is a tab at the top of the screen marked "DVD" which gives options for buying a DVD (or two) of the first season and/or merchandise. And the "Browse" tab takes you to a page that allows you to buy or rent individual episodes (there are 5 episodes in total). If you hold your cursor over the thumbnail photo for each episode, a brief description of the episode pops up.
As I've mentioned before, he sold out Dave, so I'll skip.
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