Yes. They expect power users to pay for infrastructure and maintenance, for all the devs and even the accountants and backoffice. Quite easy. Those who don’t want to pay get way less content.
BUT: Everybody can subscribe. If you don’t want to subscribe because of any principles and if you are not happy with being alpha, I suggest to follow your own words:
Adios, muchacho.
Oh, how I “like” those with high demands and low public commitment. This post sounds like a blackmail without hostage…