Gotta respect Marco for all the success he&#x27;s had with Tumblr, InstaPaper, (briefly) Peace, and of course Overcast so far...but I kinda feel like he is worried about the wrong thing&#x2F;people here.<p>Who cares if other devs. or companies don&#x27;t like his business model? Does that affect his users or potential customers in any real way? I don&#x27;t think so.<p>Also - the patron model is super interesting and I&#x27;m excited to see people continue to play with and test it...but I&#x27;m not sold that it&#x27;s a sustainable solution either.<p>The question to me is: Do people care enough to pay for podcasts? And for those that do, in their mind are they actually paying for the content or the experience&#x2F;environment?  What pain is this specific app itself actually fixing or removing compared to my alternatives?<p>Marco has proven he&#x27;s amazing at building experiences and environments people love...and I think he can continue to do very well down that path...but without owning&#x2F;controlling&#x2F;providing the content or the &#x27;talent&#x27; on the client side he&#x27;ll never break out of being just one of the middle-men in that part of the ecosystem (and thereby evaluated and paid by users as such).