28 Jan 2021
Good morning (depending on where you are in the world). So after the ride yesterday, I feel settled today. I need to keep things simple and straightforward, so I will just line up a few points as to how I understand the deal:
1. RS is not going to cancel my licenses to what I already own and start to extort me on a monthly basis. That would certainly have been a public business suicide if they did, but true paranoia knows of no limits.
2. The new subscription model has not anything to offer Suit owners, especially not me, because I already vacuum-cleaned the shop for every RE I could possibly want. Actually, the kind-of-silly 50% offer tells me RS knows that. They have nothing to offer, but for the sake of order, we get some symbolic recognition. Obviously, Suit owners are not the target group. Newcomers and entry levelers are.
3. I find no reason to predict Ragnarok from here. I see no straight line from this move to forced subscriptions as far as R13 or R14 goes. This is pure conjecture, and Paranoia has already had his saying (that stalking pr*ck).
4. I have no problems with RS trying to make profit from their great product. No one ever fooled me to believe they are a charity organization. As long as subscription is a choice, any pain in the arse on behalf of upcoming subscribers seems pretty hypotethical (as well as hysterical).
So that's that, unless I have missed something?
In other words: It is all fine with me, RS. Keep up the good work. Going from 6.5. to 11 was a blast to me. The slam of Mjølnir, the precision of Gungnir, the wisdom of Odin and the grace of Freya.
Hail
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Gothi on 28 Jan 2021, edited 2 times in total.