If I have a blog or similar media site, and require javascript, I might offer a 15/month option to allow access to a text only interface and an RSS feed. No graphics, no pictures, a very simple link and text interface.
And the moment I start seeing subscriptions coming in, I'll believe in progressive enhancement again.
(Progressive enhancement doesn't affect me as an application developer in the web space. But if it did...)
Realistically most of your readers will come through links and the like, and thus not be willing to pay a subscription.
If it were a site I frequent, I'd probably be willing to pay $3-4/month for a simple, clean, static html version (no need to remove the pictures though -- I can choose whether to load those client-side). Something like this, say: [http://mnmlist.com/unknown/] I'd only pay 15-20/month if I could get the entire web like that :)
Most likely, at 15/month I'd just not visit your site.
EDIT: PLEASE don't use the navigation from that site though. It's ... way too vertical.
Interesting, but I think there's probably a large intersection between users who want a text-only interface and users who don't want their browsing habits on your site attached to their name in your database.
If I have a blog or similar media site, and require javascript, I might offer a 15/month option to allow access to a text only interface and an RSS feed. No graphics, no pictures, a very simple link and text interface.
And the moment I start seeing subscriptions coming in, I'll believe in progressive enhancement again.
(Progressive enhancement doesn't affect me as an application developer in the web space. But if it did...)