mud7 If you read one of my posts in another thread, you would see how flawed/stupid Qidian was when they implemented the plan. This is what I propose Qidian should have done, which in my opinion would have been a million times better than their current system. Before implementing premium they should have set ALL chapter release rates in a week to be 7. This would get rid of almost all of the cureent backlash, although knowing QI, they'd still eventually cut out the free chapter numbers.
Here's why there will be no backlash: Unlile currently, where users feel Premium LIMITS and RESTRICTS free readers daily chapters, users will feel glad they get MORE chapters than usual, even if they have to pay spirit stones or real cash. This will make readers enjoy the premium program, as it makes them believe they are getting more than they had.
Here's why it would have been good for Qidian, not just due to the backlash. I'm assuming Qidian pays by the chapter. They lost tons of money paying for translators doing 10, 14, even 27 chapters a week. What did they get from that? A shitton of backlash after premium. A ton of lost money, which they are now using as an excuse for premium saying they lost so much money. Ofc they would still have been in the red, but they were paying double or triple the cost they could have been paying due to faulty planning and probably not choosing to have a financial analyst. @WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL you are truly a dumbass. For people who claim increased helped increase popularity, sure, it might have caused more users to be using it, but those same users were already reading the novel and were probanly coming back anyways.
With this simple fix, there would be very little backlash other than the ppl who call it "beginning of paywall". Still better than now where they dont even hide the fact.