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They advertise $50.. for the first year. If you want my money, give me clear terms and make it easy to cancel. If I have to call you to cancel or guess how muc

They advertise $50.. for the first year. If you want my money, give me clear terms and make it easy to cancel. If I have to call you to cancel or guess how much I am paying every month, I will not sign up. You need to be priced slightly less than Netflix or Amazon Prime.

reaperducer 5y ago
They advertise $50.. for the first year. If you want my money, give me clear terms and make it easy to cancel. If I have to call you to cancel or guess how much I am paying every month, I will not sign up. The article is literally them announcing that you don't have to pay anything. Your moan is outdated.
- pessimizer 5y ago
  No, it's extremely timely to discuss the wiseness of a pricing strategy that has recently been abandoned, and how it might have been successful with a change in paywall rather than its complete elimination. If that's not timely, what do you suggest is?
- vorpalhex 5y ago
  > To celebrate today’s announcement, you can become a Quartz member today for just $50 for the first year. We hope you will consider joining our movement. From the article. If you are going to antagonistically correct me, please actually not be wrong. Correcting someone and being wrong is a special kind of annoying.
  - reaperducer 5y ago
    The subscription has nothing to do with reading the articles. From the article. "MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES: Receive exclusive member-only newsletters The Weekend Brief—offering analysis and insights on one big news item of the week, plus the best of Quartz. The Forecast—a look at emerging industries and trends around the corner. Help make Quartz accessible to everyone Your support allows us to provide a paywall-free experience to all readers and further our mission to make business better." If you are going to antagonistically correct me, please actually not be wrong. Correcting someone and being wrong is a special kind of annoying.
    - vorpalhex 5y ago
      Go back and read my comment. I did not mention paywalls or reading access. Only that I disliked the subscription cost model. I can only write what I mean. I can't fix your mental model of what I write.

reaperducer 5y ago

They advertise $50.. for the first year. If you want my money, give me clear terms and make it easy to cancel. If I have to call you to cancel or guess how much I am paying every month, I will not sign up. The article is literally them announcing that you don't have to pay anything. Your moan is outdated.

pessimizer 5y ago
No, it's extremely timely to discuss the wiseness of a pricing strategy that has recently been abandoned, and how it might have been successful with a change in paywall rather than its complete elimination. If that's not timely, what do you suggest is?
vorpalhex 5y ago
> To celebrate today’s announcement, you can become a Quartz member today for just $50 for the first year. We hope you will consider joining our movement. From the article. If you are going to antagonistically correct me, please actually not be wrong. Correcting someone and being wrong is a special kind of annoying.
- reaperducer 5y ago
  The subscription has nothing to do with reading the articles. From the article. "MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES: Receive exclusive member-only newsletters The Weekend Brief—offering analysis and insights on one big news item of the week, plus the best of Quartz. The Forecast—a look at emerging industries and trends around the corner. Help make Quartz accessible to everyone Your support allows us to provide a paywall-free experience to all readers and further our mission to make business better." If you are going to antagonistically correct me, please actually not be wrong. Correcting someone and being wrong is a special kind of annoying.
  - vorpalhex 5y ago
    Go back and read my comment. I did not mention paywalls or reading access. Only that I disliked the subscription cost model. I can only write what I mean. I can't fix your mental model of what I write.