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Yes, Webnovel is a business. That's why they try to get the most for giving the least. When I was little, I played Poptropica online for free. And then they started restricting things that used to be free so that you had to pay for it. This app is doing the same thing, and you can't really blame them for trying to make more profit. I don't have the privilege of being able to pay for coins or whatever, so I'm a free reader, and although I'm not happy about the changes, I have no right to antagonize Webnovel for them. I've just gotta suck it up and sadly accept it.

The only thing about the changes that irks me is that they're so sudden, without warning (I rarely read the forum) that I'm confused and surprised when I open the app to see them for the first time. It's always a sad experience to see that they've taken away another source of free SS. But they have every right to do so.

The only legit complaint I have is that they provide these novels and expect people to pay for them when the quality is deplorable. If you're going to sell something, at least make sure it meets some kind of standard! I'm not talking about every novel, as I haven't read every novel, but take It's Not Easy to be a Man After Travelling to the Future, for example. After Henyee took over translating this novel, it's been almost painful to read the story I love, as it seems like they have no editor looking over the released chapters, or even a translator reading them over again. I even posted on the forum about this because it was so bad, and Henyee responded that they were using the same editor as the previous translator, which I was surprised about since the quality had always been pretty good and consistent in the past. I found this increasingly harder to believe as the quality of the translations continued to plummet. Later on, they announced that the editor had disappeared (notice deleted already) and asked for applicants but then never said anything again, and their level of quality persisted. I had applied, and they'd given me an unedited chapter to edit. Later, they never responded to me, and I saw the same chapter go up even worse than the way they had given it to me to edit. WTH? What's with this quality!? But anyway, I've digressed. Tl;dr: If they are taking away free sources of reading and expect to receive more profit, then I think they should at least watch the quality of the services they're selling. That's the end of my long rambling.

yikem every update they give us makes the app worse, whatchu talking about XD

Salvius98 wait what? Son of a biscuit so I just wasted a couple passes then... I figured I would use them on some of the chapters that usually are about 13-15ss sorry 13-15 coins now and figured hey I'll use these and then when I catch up to these chapters it will all work out but wow nevermind. This app is burning itself to the ground and it's making me sad.

ScorpiaEvergreen And here we arrive at a very, very different argument. It's valid, for sure. The quality. I already told you guys the difference between publishing platforms such as Amazon and this website. On Amazon, you buy completed books or volumes for a reasonable price usually. Those who didn't make a name for themselves, will not sell at a higher price, and the more popular authors can increase their prices due to established name. Editing is big as well there. The better the book is, the better it will sell.

At webnovel? Doesn't exist. All works are treated the same way, because 200 (101 words is also treated as 200) words means 1 coin to unlock. There is no differentiation between works that are good, and that are worse. That is why this service is so expensive (that is one reason). Hence what you said about the translated quality, is basically the problem. Whether it's an original or translated novel, they have the same rate of charging for it. That is flawed.

No sane person would buy a book that has loads of errors in it, at a price of a fully edited book. Yet that is what webnovel does. People somehow don't see these flaws, instead they focus on "they took away some of the free things". Some authors might disagree with me, but that is only because they would earn less. The same rate for everyone is flawed as hell. This is why you are 100% correct. They should introduce 1 specific standard for the contracted novels. If a novel reaches that standard, it can be priced normally. If not, it would be priced differently, as in lower price because doesn't meet the standard.

That is a great solution, but... Ohh man, I mean they can implement that. Will they? Complain about it, spam the forum about this idea, and maybe if there is enough people. They will do something about it.

ampplaca also thinking of the same thing...with the rate of expenditure of my coins vs me getting them vs their expiration I'm afraid they wouldn't last for 3 months

DarkRay Chrysalis is a free novel, and it's not contracted. You can read everything the author wrote for free. The novel is also popular.

Second this opinion!

Khana u sure? mine was 60 percent off so i only pay 2ss since then.

Khana i payed the same, just that they're not giving ss since i upgraded my app, my daily rewards was only 1pass and 5 exp in which i don't need that much. spirit stone is much more convenient.

imaginarygur i agree with you.

yaoyueyi you can't blame someone for reading something they love. we all have our own choices, we chose to read that novel because we love that type of genre. yes, there are many free novels but before suggesting that, did you even asks the reason why most people choose this app? Honestly, why i chose this app was because of a certain genre in which other applications doesn't have, those locked novels has a unique taste, the other novels may have been written correctly and was pretty good but it still lack something and the plot is too common in which you can easily find in other applications, the lines and the problems though the situation is different, unfortunately it still lack something that will make someone not let go. That's what i feel from the free novels that i have found so far.

yaoyueyi you don’t even get it for every checkpoint now, they give points which are useless instead of coins

Salvius98 this is something I got to know from you thanks for sharing this because sometimes I just unlocks the chapters and left them as it is and read them afterwards when I have some relaxed times..

yaoyueyi It will be good or farming was working as it should be. For my part, no matter how long and many chapters I read, my farming points won't go over two

DarkRay I agree, but their customer service and PR is atrocious. There are ways to announce things like this without wantonly generating hate from all of their customers.

EmeraldDragon Free passes permanently unlock chapters. They're not going to become locked again later or anything. Salvius98 passed along incorrect information. You can confirm this by looking at the announcement in your inbox.

ResidentialPsycho awesome thanks!!