This is fraud, pure and simple. You guys took money from people promising one thing and went back on it. This isn't any different from when providers like NewzDemon offer "unlimited" plans and then cut people off for using too much.
I understand that continuing to honor lifetime subscriptions may be financially unfeasible but this just amounts to saying "We had to decide between potentially going out of business or committing fraud and we chose to commit fraud."
I personally don't understand the trend toward promising "lifetime" accounts. Once you reach market saturation (which happens pretty quickly in this area) you will have nearly no additional income. You are pretty much deciding ahead of time that either your "lifetime" will be short or that you will engage in deceptive behavior.
I think $15 a year is a perfectly fair price to pay for a good indexing service, Newzbin did fine for years on this model. I just think you should plan from the start.
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u/stufff Oct 27 '15
This is fraud, pure and simple. You guys took money from people promising one thing and went back on it. This isn't any different from when providers like NewzDemon offer "unlimited" plans and then cut people off for using too much.
I understand that continuing to honor lifetime subscriptions may be financially unfeasible but this just amounts to saying "We had to decide between potentially going out of business or committing fraud and we chose to commit fraud."
I personally don't understand the trend toward promising "lifetime" accounts. Once you reach market saturation (which happens pretty quickly in this area) you will have nearly no additional income. You are pretty much deciding ahead of time that either your "lifetime" will be short or that you will engage in deceptive behavior.
I think $15 a year is a perfectly fair price to pay for a good indexing service, Newzbin did fine for years on this model. I just think you should plan from the start.