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Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by testeronious to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Still holding out for them to have a $10 a year tier with no added features. The $36 bucks a year entry fee is just too much.

Can someone here explain to me why so many free services directly jump to $3, $5 or $9.99 bucks a month? Why not $10 per year? Surely that's better than nothing?

Just call it supporter tier and that's it. I don't want any icons or upload limits either. I just want to not feel like a leech. ;)

[–] mint_tamas 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If a free tier is offered, why would you be a leech? It’s calculated in their business and free users indirectly bring revenue (the more free users they have, the more they can convert). This concept of being a leech is so alien to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Probably because of torrenting I would imagine. Being a leech is kind of a dick move if you're able to seed.

[–] mint_tamas 4 points 11 months ago

This has nothing to do with torrenting apart from a similar sounding word.

[–] AVengefulAxolotl 11 points 11 months ago

I dont understand it either. I would happily donate to signal yearly like 10-15€, but 5 every month? No, thats just too much sorry.

[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's really an insult are ad-based tiers from streaming services where they make money from both you and people advertising to you.

[–] PrettyLights 7 points 11 months ago

It has been shown to be more profitable than higher priced ad-free tiers.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-disney-now-pushing-subscribers-to-ad-tiers-1235572459/

I'm bracing for a near future where premium "ad-free" goes away entirely and you have the choice between lots of ads for free and less ads for money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Because 5 bucks a month is making way more money than 50 cents.