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It's not a rental fee for the device, it's a subscription fee for the content that can be used on it. You can still use the bike as a plain exercise bike withou
by timdorr 5y ago
It's not a rental fee for the device, it's a subscription fee for the content that can be used on it. You can still use the bike as a plain exercise bike without a subscription.
It's the same thing as buying a Roku and paying for Netflix.
- Johnny555 5y agoIt's the same thing as buying a Roku and paying for Netflix. Seems more like buying an expensive Netflix player, which will only show photo albums from an SD card unless you subscribe to Netflix. Or, buying a Peloton bike is more like buying a Roku to watch movies and then having to pay for a Roku subscription or it's useless because it doesn't work with Netflix.
- _jal 5y agoI understand it is possible to use it like an overpriced exerbike with a useless monitor glued on. Thank you for the overly-literal semantic quibbling, it wouldn't be HN without it.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoAlthough Peloton charge $40/mo if you bought their bike, or $15/mo if you use your own bike. $15/mo is in line with competitor prices for similar services. So it really seems like the extra $25/mo is “vendor lock-in” premium. There are features gated to the Peloton bike which gives a downside to the bring-your-own-bike route and muddies the waters somewhat. If the Peloton app supported ERG mode with full interactivity, I’d probably be willing to pay $25/mo, because it is a really high quality service.
- tomc1985 5y agoThat is: death by a thousand cu... er, subscriptions