That same reasoning came up when they limited free users and began to charge everyone else $60. “They wouldn’t do it if …”.
And Justin constantly claimed that Trakt would be doing oh so well, is financially stable etc etc.
Just for them to suddenly abandon grandfathered prices because Trakt can’t afford it. Huh, that doesn’t really fit their previous narrative, right?
And obviously it’s way more logical to double and quadruple the costs for paying customers, instead of (re)introducing ads for the “tens of millions” free accounts. D’uh.
But sure, let’s just pretend that they have it all figured out. Because it’s unheard of that anyone running a service ever messed it up by bad decisions and ignoring the requests of their base.
“Logical conclusion”, as you said. We only need to take a step back.
And maybe then we will finally understand why a tiered sub system would be terrible for us, why paying for free users instead of them seeing ads is the way to go. And maybe we’ll even embrace Trakt Lite as the hottest shit and not consider it a waste.
Thanks for sharing here! I’ve taken some notes already but do not hesitate to ask your questions about the Trakt VIP Partner Program or Rippple in the topic I’ve just opened.
Let’s try to keep things on topic tho, there are enough (long) threads about pricing/bundling, it will be easier for everybody
The majority that you’ve seen make comment (wherever that might be - and as you say, there will be overlap).
You just don’t know that this isn’t a small sample of the total number of VIPs.
Look - I’ve got no axe to grind here, or is this in any way an attempt to defend the price increase. I’m ambivalent about it, as I do see the value - many on here don’t. I get that.
I’m just saying there is an alternative way to view this, and some of what people are assuming doesn’t appear to be logical or fit the facts. Hundreds of people appear to be cancelling - that appears certain, if people aren’t just saying it. Let’s say the reality is that a few thousands will cancel. Many were grandfathered at $15/yr. You’re not going to have been running a development team on a few thousand VIPs at that rate. So the number of VIPs must surely number well into the 10s of thousands. Just maths.
Depends how many accept the increase vs those that don’t. Those accepting paying more help offset those that stop their subscription. Only Trakt will know how this balances out, but there will be an increase from some to help counter the reduction elsewhere. There is no way to calculate / estimate this ‘from the outside’.
I’ve been exploring Rippple. My first impression was not all that great. I primarily use an iPad in landscape mode to track my watches. In this mode, I feel that the app tries to put too much on the screen, but loses sight of what is essential. I would prefer not to have the side bars.
That being said, there are also a few things I do like about the app:
The app actually allows me to have a small icon of the streaming service where I can watch a movie or a show, and it allows me show this only for streaming services I actually have access to. Although not perfect, it is a way to quickly see if there is something I can watch.
I also like the ability to check-in a movie or episode by simply swiping. This is far easier than having the 2 clicks needed when using the Trakt app.
Finally I like the ability to combine Up Next with my Watchlist and/or any other list in the “To Watch” section.
I’ll keep using this app for the next couple of months until my Trakt VIP expires. Who knows, I might even decide to keep Trakt without VIP and simply pay for the €10 a year for the app, if that option is still around at that time, given that the developer is now also a product manager at Trakt…
And the forums have been more active then ever with countless new users after this change.
I mean a lot of people may not even know about the changes.
How?
FYI to everyone @marius liked this comment. The guy we don’t know who is in charge is more interested in reading and liking comments supporting him then communicating with us.
What? I quoted you above saying you were happy with the recent developments. You were quite literally defending the price increase. Your alternative view is a defense.
It’s pretty obvious that in the context of my comment, I’m referring to being happy with the recent feature improvements, and not referring to the price increase there.
This thread was titled ‘New VIP feature’, but veered off subject.
It’s getting late here, so the short answer is the tvOS integration, and beta program. There is no good alternative that achieves what Trakt now does with the Apple TV - and I can assure you, I’ve tried them all. Including clunky, hybrid solutions.
There are other, smaller things - but that’s the game changer for me, and a valuable proposition.
not everybody got the emails unfortunately. i still don’t have one, possibly due to me changing my email address a few times since the initial signup. perhaps mine was sent to the original email which, if it was my live.com email, i deleted it almost a year ago. luckily im on the forums every day, but also ive been paying $60 since 2022 after their server crash issue
As I have pointed out many times there is likely a majority that will not express their displeasure, they simply leave. They will leave the VIP ranks and maybe use whatever free perks are left after the purge. With the staggered enrollment of VIP users and the annual length they will likely be seeing the fallout of us VIP users leaving for up to 2 years or more. With these users expressing their displeasure for Trakt and talking up the alternatives new VIP enrollments will probably plummet.
on here telling me I’m paying 100% extra next year for VIP.