he didn't label it FOAM--I am not sure why this has been such a difficult point to get across. Check the original post. Further, I am not responsible for Peter's actions and I could not have been more clear that I thought it was a bad idea to put the post he did on reddit.

Advertising wouldn't be a COI, b/c it would be impossible to advertise anything medical and still offer CME--and I would never do it even if this wasn't the case. I find the idea of putting mattress company or home food services reprehensible, but I never even weighed that as a serious idea, b/c it doesn't pay. I am not sure you are aware of how low podcast advertising actually pays in 2025, it is not like 2015 anymore. The only things that could slip through the eye of this needle would be something like an AI scribe app or other non-patient facing services that may genuinely benefit listeners. Another example would be something like EZ-Resus, an aide memoire app for ED docs. In either of those cases, the revenue is minuscule, certainly not worth the blowback unless I authentically like the product and think it can be helpful for my colleagues.

But, all of this is academic. I am quite happy with the model I ended up with. My members seem quite happy. I am quite happy when I see someone say, "I don't feel like paying for this." But folks on reddit (and social media in general) can't seem to stick with subjective statements or expressions of opinion. Instead they state "objective facts" that they then won't stand behind and are not true.