checkm8
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KingBiBiK the problem is not just cost of SS, but mainly due to the way they implemented it.
Their way of monetizing is extremely taunting to average readers and thus make us dissatisfied.
Many games have the same type of monetization, just that they are clear that they are aiming for whales (in simpler terms big rich people who love to spend).
What the SS do is give a false hope. A hope that you can eventually spend little money and catch up the rest with daily login. Something that traps and makes us angry as we get to know this will not work and we cannot pay more.
So firstly we have to realize the premium chapter are not basically meant to us unless we are willing to spend a good amount of money on that novel every month. The premium is basically same as patreon system but without any dividers or separations (A huge benefit as well a problem in disguise).
Secondly, if you realize that you are not able to spend the staggering amount on a monthly basis, draw the line with the free chapter that gets unlocked every day as the upper limit and only unlocks the next if is an important moment. Then wait a day. (This never works with a good novel since we get tempted to unlock the next one).
Man, I love quoting myself lol.
Ok back to my opinion on Premium.
Premium and Patreon system is fundamentally same as well as different.
From what I see Patreon is like support the translator kinda system in which willing readers donate money for motivating translators to work faster (i.e more releases - something I would love to do if I am a writer) and get some rewards based on the level of support they provide (in terms of advance reading option based on how much you pay).
1) It has clear distinction about who gets what. You pay this, you get this. The tiers are expensive for average readers. Still, they can contribute by giving $3 a month as a way of saying thanks.
2) It has a more emotional background. It is a form of support more than reward.
3) The free chapters are always released at a normal pace. You are only ahead of X amount of chapters and you stay that X amount throughout.
4) Can always back down and still continue as a free reader easier. In most scenarios, easy to catch up.
Premium makes this distinction simpler and nonexistent that in a way complicates things.
1) Anyone can get access to any advance chapters as long you use SS to unlock.
2) So you can skip ahead if you want.
3) For any patreons who believes, I pay and I need to get more. This system works better since they can stay miles ahead of free chapters by paying.
4) A use of currency. This generalizes things and gives you more freedom to choose.
5)7 chap free is not a bad rate. And faster premium chapter release rate. A very high rate...
Now the problems.
1.Patreon is costly. But it is more like a donation so it's justifiable.
2.It only applies to a particular novel or 2 of the translator.
3. The author who the work actually belongs to may not get the proper benefit.
4. The benefit is not much of a benefit. Since you only get access to advance chapters, unlike the premium where you get more and more.
- Premium lures you like an addictive drug and Makes you spent since its a new currency and open to everyone.
- Get a free reader and lower tier payer trapped in the system. (THE BIGGEST PROBLEM) if you are like the low tier who like to a pay like $1-5 a novel in a month and wants to read daily. This frustrates you since as the premium chapters accumulate you felt stuck. Cannot read multiple premium titles on a daily basis and keep them uptodate. (But if you count the bonus SS, I find premium is litle cheaper)
- The feeling of 'left behind'. Patreon made the distinction clear and does not give free and less paying patreons the feeling that the story is ahead of them like premium.
Every system has its own faults.
I personally don't find premium as a bad program. The downside I have is, I don't feel like buying SS to get trapped in as I know myself and I cannot keep up with the accumulating premium chaps and buy the SS required.
I don't want to wait and catch up instead I would prefer the Pff free chapter to be released from where I left off. But I know it's not gonna happen.
So I got no problem freely using 7 free chapters.
(ed: By the time I finished typing there are many other comments here lol)
