this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.
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But.....
A more expensive product becomes a more price-sensitive product. Now one customer represents income from 3-4 customers.
Recession hits. People are more likely to cancel something that is $25/mo than $8/mo. And each cancellation is like three cancellations.
Going "premium" is a valid strategy. But since we haven't had a serious recession in 15 years, I believe it's a shortsighted one.
Are we not in a recession right now?