Everyone hates subscriptions, but we have almost only fixed running costs. There's simply no point in offering anything good to someone who will pay us 1¢ sat at a time, when we already offer such cheap subscriptions, for 50¢/month. If you can't afford 50¢/month, then how much would you be pay-as-go? 2¢ per month? That's negative income. Even the 50¢/month is negative income. We have to top up from donations and our own pockets.