cptaizen Millman97 hypocrite,
why is he a hypocrite? maybe you can try to explain, because i don't think i quite understand. if people need to read in order to survive, then how would you explain all those people who never learn how to read? i don't see them dying.
what about children before they're able to read, not sure how they survived childhood. damn.
Ok WTH this stayed up here for too long for a forum. Qi don't care at all...
Citlalicue who us expecting things for free? but this way of implementing things is stupid.
First if I dont want to wait to read I have to pay Im ok with that system the problem is if I pay to read ahead then I habe to keep paying forever or to wait all that time that I pay to skip anyway because Qidian is not guving me more chapters per day till free readers catch up with me, which means I will need to keep paying forever till the end of the novel or wait all the time that I paid no to wait, isn't it absurd in your view?
And let's not even start talking about the costs that are stupidly high ig you have to pay starting now till the end of a novel that have 2 or 3 THOUSANDS chapters.
I would gladly pay for reading since I enjoy it, I would pay as I already do for netflix or amazon music, just give me subscription that unlocks all the content there's no excuse since productions and operative costs for text are way less than for audio visual content so they should be able to make it work for the same prices I'm all in for Premium, BUT REAL PREMIUM not this microtransactions freemium this model is the exact oposite of a consumer friendly approach to to a business model and the only reason they get away with it is because they are based on china where$ nobody cares about consumers rights.
So pay for their work and their service yes, premium? why not? but this? sure not!
The price of reading is not even pocket change, how can you not afford it?
Though it isnt the price of pocket money it is still pretty expensive
Heyun The problem is probably a technical one.
Keeping track of each individual accounts paid chapters then adding free chapters is a lot of information to store. Storing information costs money. It gets orders of magnitude more expensive the more books and accounts you have. Then you also have to account for corner cases like someone who skipped ahead with their premium chapters. Does it start unlocking from the oldest unread chapter? Or does it start unlocking from when the reader stopped reading?
On the other hand, a blanket approach of "All chapters <x are free, add accounts to the books chapter list of 'can read' when they pay to unlock it" is much more efficient.
Have to use my free ss on a single series so that I can stay up to date on, however, I've had to drop three other series in the process.
catcurl i think your missing the point most are willing to fund the writers in some manner but paying double to triple the paperback equivalent is ridiculous. Id be happy to click on 2-3 videos a story to unlock a chap and might be willing to pay but not at inflated rates. the other side is as some one said no premium account where you pay x amount a month for access to any story on the site. even when tokyopop and other translator publishers print a book its usually in the 15$ range for a 9$ novel in japan which is till 5+$ less than what we would have to pay here and we dont get a paper copy of it. If this site decides to fold we would be left with nothing for that expense.
Heyun Obviously you have not read the complaints of people asking why books are becoming premium and why should they pay. Premium has issues, Yes!! it could be better, Yes!! Paid SS shouldn't expire, YES!! But to complain because you have too many novels that you can't afford? That's not Qidian problem. Nobody told you to have so many. Reading a novel is like buying a book, you should pay or wait until is not popular anymore and becomes free in like 100 years LOL. The thing is Q needed more translators and editors to keep up, maybe well be able to have more chapters available now. But who knows?
Citlalicue Paid SS shouldn't expire
Purchased spirit stones don't expire :sweat_smile:
But I agree with the rest of your comment. People need to learn moderation. Readers don't need to follow 50 novels each day, there are better things to do :D
Miya If you read more than the free chapters of 50 novels each day, then yes, you need to get a life :sweat_smile:
'Get a life' might be a bit harsh, but you could/should definitely do something more productive with your time, if you have time to get through 50 novel's free chapters every day.
If we lived in a perfect world, we would all just stop buying their stones and they would be forced to find another business model. But because people keep buying spirit stones, everyone is getting swindled by this system. The quality of the translations here does not warrant such a cost, especially the quality of the stories. As someone above already stated, its cheaper to buy physical books and they are usually of a higher quality both in storytelling and language.
The best thing you can do is just suck it up and read less. If everyone does that, then we might see some changes. But never bend and buy stones, thats the last thing you would want to do. When you buy stones, you are not only harming yourself, but also others.
Buying extra chapters only increases the amount of money you will pay in the future, because the stones will run out and you would want to read, so you wouldn't wait for weeks for a new chapter, you will just pay more to keep reading. That's why if you care about reading, you shouldn't buy stones.
If all you want is a short burst of extra chapters and then weeks of no chapters, then this system is for you. Otherwise, its a rip off. And the people of lower IQ fall into this trap and buy chapters, then they are forced to pay more because they can't wait due to their lower intelligence. Deferred gratification is something people of above average intelligence understand, and Qidian is exploiting young people and people of lower intelligence to buy in to this rollercoster of spirit stones. You can't stop paying, or you can't read!!!
