Value for value is just tipping
Quote
Like when you go to a restaurant, if you if nobody ever tipped at a restaurant, if nobody ever gave a tip, and everybody just paid what was on the on the on the receipt, the restaurant would go out of business.
Episode 185: Shock Collars (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:17:37 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
Speaker-labeled
Summary
V4V isn't an alien model. It's how restaurants already work in the US: if nobody tipped, restaurants would go out of business. The tip is the gravy on top that keeps the place existing, and podcasters have to learn to remind people of that.
Also said
Episode 35: Episode 35 00:05:34 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
sitting down at a restaurant, getting served, and then showing your appreciation with with a tip or with modern monetary gratuity after a fine meal, is a much better experience than paying for the slop up front.
Voice-matched