Originally Posted by
Raffles
Gary and Ben did this for years with no money and indeed virtually no readers. That doesn't mean they would want to go back to that, but they are last people to claim have not paid their dues.
It's not an issue of "paying your dues." It's not like having high-quality content 10 years ago immunizes you from deceptive tactics and garbage that you profiteer off of now. (And Ben has never made a living in his life off of anything other than selling credit cards.)
The Points Guy was also a much better website before it was sold and when Brian had a somewhat normal job.