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  • cosmic_slate@dmv.social
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    1 year ago

    They’ve dodged an acquisition by Microsoft, provide a fairly reliable service, and don’t completely gimp a free tier.

    Is this really the company you want to lead a crusade against for having a paid subscription tier?

    The paid tier just gives you animated emoji, frilly profile pictures, and 1080p streaming (while the free 720p level is still very decent).

    It’s such a useless paid tier that it’s practically no worse than asking for donations (even though they’re a for-profit business). It’s a good thing they don’t make a shitty experience on the free tier as many other companies have been doing to recoup money.

    They rank pretty low on the list of “tech/gaming companies who’ve fucked their user base”

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      1 year ago

      Yeah exactly. I don’t pay for it because I don’t think what they offer is worth paying for. But I do use the free tier because it’s a pretty good service and it’s where people are. They haven’t done anything near as bad as Twitter or Reddit have this year.

      If other people are willing to pay for the cosmetics, I say let them. If the service is able to be profitable that way, all the better.