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Re: Hockey Media

From: (Anonymous)
I don't love paywalls in general, but site upkeep/hopefully paying contributors something/etc. makes them a quasi-reasonable business model that's not that different imo than paying for an old-school newspaper subscription.

I totally agree that this is next level dickery, though. Especially since it sounds like this was JUST announced as opposed to informing new subscribers that hey, if you pay for a long-term or lifetime contract you'll get bonus content up front or even giving them an option to pay for the extra coverage NOW as a one-time thing if they don't qualify .

Re: Hockey Media

From: (Anonymous)
NA This to me is kind of like the difference between buying a pro/paid version of an app, which I'm okay with compared to the freemiun pay to win games where they keep trying to gouge every little thing they can out of their customers.

Even if announced ahead of time, I can't day I'd be interested in a site whose coverage is tier based.

Re: Hockey Media

From: (Anonymous)
I'm pretty okay with paywalls as a concept, even as I resent them personally when something I want to read is behind them. But I like to be able to support quality content.

However, this is a whole other thing. Why would you rile up your PAYING CUSTOMERS by a) not making this clear to them in advance and b) not giving them the option to buy now, as you suggest? Like, at this point the site is actively turning away money that people might otherwise be inclined to give them for this one-time package.

Re: Hockey Media

From: (Anonymous)
A one time payment isn't a sustainable increase in revenue, though. Either way it's really shitty to spring it on people suddenly and those optics don't help their case.

Just to get the facts straight: Basically they just announced that only lifetime and three year plan subscribers will get exclusive new content? And they are giving current shorter plan subscribers a chance to migrate to longer plans?

Imo they really should offer discounts on the long-term plans for current subscribers if that's what they're doing.