Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes
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@jpwong said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
@Ginger_Walnut-0 Interestingly part of the reason for this membership change is because setting up the catchups was a lot of work for staff every month and their internal data showed almost no one was taking advantage of them.
To be fair, I've seen posts in the Light Novel Discussion forum from new visitors confused about only being able to read the latest prepubs instead of the whole series.
Being able to read Zero Believers volume 11 isn't so useful to someone who hasn't read 1-10 :)
They expected Netflix's whole TV series not that Hulu thing of only being able to see recent episodes of a network TV show. The Reader library gives them Netflix for the 50 series.
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Meanwhile, I got a second mail, mostly identical to the first, stating that the new plans are now live. I wonder if this time they sent it to everyone like should've been from the beginning.
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@Lex said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
Meanwhile, I got a second mail, mostly identical to the first, stating that the new plans are now live. I wonder if this time they sent it to everyone like should've been from the beginning.
Still none for me, and they have the correct address since I get the coins purchased confirmation mails.
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@jpwong said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
There is a new plan J-Novel Premium Club Membership which is $1 USD more expensive that's exactly the same except that it gives 799 coins a month instead of 699 coins a month to deal with the price increase for the LN volumes.
And assuming you use your free coins, the effective cost for your Premium Club Membership works out to the same as it was before once you deduct the cost of the free book.
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@Lex Since the bottom of the email has options to update your preferences or unsubscribe, this was likely sent out via their newsletter again, so only people who've signed up for that would have gotten it.
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@sorvani said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
@jpwong said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
There is a new plan J-Novel Premium Club Membership which is $1 USD more expensive that's exactly the same except that it gives 799 coins a month instead of 699 coins a month to deal with the price increase for the LN volumes.
And assuming you use your free coins, the effective cost for your Premium Club Membership works out to the same as it was before once you deduct the cost of the free book.
You technically save $1.20 a year if you stay on the legacy premium membership and buy the extra coins at the new 10% discounted rate, although that difference is pretty much negligible.
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@Valanduin said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
@sorvani said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
@jpwong said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
There is a new plan J-Novel Premium Club Membership which is $1 USD more expensive that's exactly the same except that it gives 799 coins a month instead of 699 coins a month to deal with the price increase for the LN volumes.
And assuming you use your free coins, the effective cost for your Premium Club Membership works out to the same as it was before once you deduct the cost of the free book.
You technically save $1.20 a year if you stay on the legacy premium membership and buy the extra coins at the new 10% discounted rate, although that difference is pretty much negligible.
Yes, my statement was just referring to the cost of the service after converting coins to a discount from the cost of the service ($0.01 per coin).
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@jpwong said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
@Lex Since the bottom of the email has options to update your preferences or unsubscribe, this was likely sent out via their newsletter again, so only people who've signed up for that would have gotten it.
Sounds like it; I didn't get this one either.
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@Lily-Garden said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
Yeah, their comments/explanation really helped me to decide what membership to pick. Prior to that I just felt like:
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@HarmlessDave @jpwong I wonder if they don't have an infrastructure to send a global email in a simple way or they found that sending a notice to people who opted out from mail communications would be a violation.
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@Lex legally it is not a violation for sending essential information to subscribed (and paid) services. In fact it is a necessity. Regardless of newsletter settings.
Otherwise all the companies sending updates regarding their terms & conditions would not be forced to do so worldwide.
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@Lex If I had to guess they probably don't have a way to maintain a special newsletter subscriber list that has all the active accounts on it right now. Anti-spam legislation basically outlines if you're in a business relationship with the company, they can send you communications regardless of your opt in/opt out choices.
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@Nubz_Unite I agree, extremely disappointed in this. I only bothered to use the jpnovel app because of catch-ups. Without this incentive I will most likely just let my membership lapse.
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@sorvani said in Put Critical News On The Site - AKA Subscription Changes:
mbers remain Premium Members, intentionally bec
That's not how it works from a legality standpoint. There are numerous cases showing you cannot unilaterally change material terms in the contract like this.
Also anything that is "included as free" in a purchase is also part of the consideration as it treated the same as the purchased goods or service.
But who actually cares for legality anyway when no one in the consumer sector ever sues anyone as its not worth it.
