It started with Mr. Brooks’ [post on App.net](https://alpha.app.net/benbrooks/post/342482) about [the pricing of Read & Trust magazine](http://readandtrust.com):
> I don’t like the Read and Trust magazine pricing $6 for a single issue, but $5 a month for a subscription. To me that’s says “we want you to subscribe because we know you’ll forget to unsubscribe later” Sends the wrong message.
expanded into a [back and forth with Michael Schechter](https://alpha.app.net/mschechter/post/342601) and ended with Mr. Brooks [writing a detailed version of his statment at Brooks Review](http://brooksreview.net/2012/09/subscription-pricing/). I have previously stated [I do not think I will support Read & Trust because I find the content of some of its writers objectionable](https://johnkiv.us/2012/09/04/the-read-and-trust-magazine-and-whether-or-not-i-should-support-it/), but I also agree with Mr. Brooks’ thoughts on the magazine’s pricing. I especially agree with his concluding paragraph:
> Not only do I think consumers are better off with equal pricing, but I think Read & Trust would be too and that applies to any company selling goods without advertising in play.
At this current pricing, I definitely will never buy a single issue. I would think I was getting screwed because it cost a dollar more than if I subscribed. At a price equal to the subscription price, I might consider buying an issue that included content of writers like [Shawn Blanc](http://shawnblanc.net), [Matt Alexander](http://one37.net), and [Bret Terpstra](http://brettterpstra.com)[^fn1] but that does not include content from those writers I find objectionable.
[^fn1]: Writers I respect and enjoy reading.