The ad and the linked terms don’t say anything about the deal being available only for new customers and accounts. It’s the lack of transparency that really gets me.

  • simple@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    is this not standard for every service? black friday deals are usually for new users or everybody would keep renewing their subscription on prepetual sale every black friday.

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      It has gotten a bit weirder in the age of “everything is a subscription”. For example, I was just looking at one for a development browser I use. I’m paying $12/month. They have a deal now where it’s $84/year for new customers, for the lifetime of their subscription. Not a one time discount.

      I didn’t go off complaining, but I definitely feel a little frustrated that my reward for being an existing customer is to get to keep paying full price.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOP
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      There are a lot of companies and subscriptions that offer annual deals. It’s a two year agreement fully paid.

      They even have a login for existing users after accepting the deal. What kind of sense does that make?