Website Ads vs. Subscription Service

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Building a site for a niche outdoor recreational activity. One of the biggest issues with this activity is finding a place where you can do it legally. The site will have a map that will show people where they can go to enjoy it for free.

If too many people go to one spot, it usually gets ruined so limiting the amount of people with access to this information is not entirely a bad thing.

That's why at first I wanted to make this a subscription service so people would pay a small $X / year and get access to the maps I create (an overlay on google maps).

Now I'm thinking that perhaps instead it's better to just go the usual route with banner ads and make the site free. Having people pay for information that is freely available with a few hours/days of research has given me second thoughts since it seems like a bet against the future as information becomes increasingly accessible.

Any thoughts on this?

 

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