Feels like you might have said something similar when he and John launched their patreon podcast 5 years ago.
And you'd have been wrong on that one.
I have no idea if it's going to work out for Aaron, but based on a) his initial comments, and b) the number of comments I am seeing on his articles, it seems to be going pretty good 24 hours in.
Just because YOU aren't willing to pay, doesn't mean many others aren't.