"There is no established tradition of readers paying fees, so if we institute fees rashly, there could be a loss of subscribers. Most personal e-papers also do not want to collect fees for the same reasons," says Ricardo Hu. The "publisher pays" model is more feasible.
「讀者付費的習慣尚未建立，貿然實施很可能會流失訂戶，許多個人發報者基於這樣的考量，也多沒有收費的意願，」胡子平說，由發報者付費的模式比較可行。