The premium member podcasts are commercial free so it's worth it, and he probably didn't have a choice in the matter. Even if he did, if you were either the host of an actual radio show (which is dependent on advertisements) or the owner of a radio station that costs real money to run, would you give away commercial-free broadcasts for free? Besides, Peter's given so much to the community - he put down a ton of money and time on the Senate race and he's done so many free and excellent 10 min vlogs that pack in more interesting and useful stuff than most hosts can do in 3 hours. I will very likely subscribe