@screwturn Personally, I don't expect that will ever happen. Let's say in some dream world I have 100K subscribers. Each one of those people would be more than just a "reader". Sure some of them would be looking for the next discount, but the ones who actually read my messages, and especially the ones who reply, they're special people. Maybe I can't be friends with all of them, but they'd be much more than a commodity.
That said, the 20-odd subscribers I currently have are mostly friends, but that predates the newsletter.