Chapter 3 · The Long Fade
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Subscribers don't churn — they fade.
Open attention dissolves slowly; the quiet unsubscribe is the last chapter, not the first.
Monthly open-rate fade, January to December
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
42%
12%
−71% YoY
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