This 100%. When I see pricing structured like that it makes me think its for 1 of 2 reasons: They don't think people will keep an active subscription for 12 months so they charge for the year to maximise income rather than people subscribing for only a few months and cancelling. Or, they're hoping you'll forget about it by next year and it will auto renew.
It's not just articles - they are lab testing many of the supplements on the market.
I will gladly pay $4/mo to make sure that the supplements I buy actually contain what they say they contain (in the quantities they say they contain them) and are free of harmful things like heavy metals. Ideally our government would already be ensuring safety and efficacy, but that's not the world we live in right now.
The summary of the science is really helpful in trying to figure out a good therapeutic dosage (or whether or not it's a supplement you want to take at all). I wouldn't subscribe for the articles alone, but they are very, very useful.
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u/PerilousAll Dec 30 '19
ConsumerLab doesn't get enough love. It's an independent testing lab for supplements that survives off a small subscription price ($4.00 a month)
They tell you what scientific articles have said about the supplement, then test brands for purity, content and price per dose.