And apparently my prediction was right, 2 months ago I knew some change on payment system gonna happen soon, and here we are.
Pretty sure the 'BETA' status on premium for free would only last around 3 months, but still hopefull on it.
And honestly, I am sure around 2 weeks more aggregator site would make some movement on it.

    Luofuchen I agree with you, the toxic language and anger thrown about is not helping anyone. Can't we discuss this calmly and rationally? Here is my take:

    Before I rant, let me make it clear that I believe there is no such thing as a free lunch. Webnovel has been offering free spirit stones, chapters, etc. to build a following so that they could later make money off us. Fair enough. Businesses exist to make money; if you thought Webnovel was altruistically giving you stories to read and expecting nothing in return then you have too much trust. My issue with this situation is that the premium model uses nonrefundable, virtual currency usable solely on one website. There are two problems to this:

    One, spirit stones are basically monopoly money that costs real money. You are less likely to think about how much you are actually spending when what you are spending doesn't actually look like money. It is the same reason casinos use chips instead of cash and video games with micro-transactions have their own virtual currency. And if you ever want to back out of spending money on the spirit stones, you can't get your money back. They could theoretically just connect a bank account or credit card to your Webnovel account, but that would make people watch real money go away with each transaction, which they would be less willing to do.

    The second issue ties to the first. Has anyone read the forums where people reveal personal information like age? A large portion of users are teens, who may not know how to be financially responsible yet. You can argue this however you want, but it is a fact that the human brain does not finish developing its prefrontal cortex (the decision making part of the brain) until the age of about 25. You can be addicted to anything: drugs, alcohol, food, video games, gambling, and yes even reading. This is why companies always gear advertising to younger audiences to try gain brand loyalty early on.

    You can say that the premium model is not that expensive, or that any reasonable person won't lose a ton of money on it, but it could prey on a specific group of people rather viciously. Mobile game marketers have called these people 'whales.' Rather than the model in place, I would be interested in seeing a subscription service at a flat rate where you get to read ahead for every book. That would be a less predatory means to monetize in my opinion.

      GregLuck

      GregLuck And apparently my prediction was right, 2 months ago I knew some change on payment system gonna happen soon, and here we are.

      that's hardly surprising considering the fact that the world is always changing. Qi would probably implement an event or something in the next month, that's my prediction

            GregLuck yeah that right.. but there is no bad thing would happen if we hope for that,.. or else make a new way to gain more SS ..

                Miya well you know things change specially when the owner see that her own product is effective, need something to do with it.

                    miomoimeik maybe you're lack of understanding that's why you consider yourself stupid XD

                        Rokuman_24 They will never increase free SS because they want you to pay for it. That's the whole point. And since the cost of the chapter is directly tied to the number of words in it, the chapter costs will keep rising. Also the daily amount of SS you get is barely enough to read one medium sized chapter, don't expect reading more than one chapter anytime soon. Some chapters go for 12+ SS and depending on your luck you might get even less for your daily check in, because as i'm sure you know, the amount of free SS you get is random. So you would need to check in for two days just to read one premium chapter, and you are not paying for extra chapter, you are paying for reading ahead. so that means the next free chapter is going to be that chapter you paid for, and so you would have to wait extra time to read a new chapter.

                            Positive_Lullaby easiest solution is to wait for the chapters to pay, if you don't want to pay for the chapters.
                            then you don't have to worry about getting "rob" by the spirit stone price increased.

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