Get used to it. Personally, I haven't missed Army Archerd's column in about 20 years. You may think I'm being taken. I think it's a fair deal. Reality is finally getting a foothold on the Internet.
Words are pricey.
Most people probably don't know what people like me earn for spouting off and saying my piece, but we do earn a comfortable living. It's an honest day's pay for an honest day's work, and someone must provide the money. The question now is whether Internet users can or will adjust to information bearing a price tag. For several years, most of us have assumed all the words on the Internet were free for the taking. Consumers have been paying for those and most other products online for quite some time now.