Reply To: free/premium/donation???

Hi Mads

I just checked the date on your original post … I misread January 2023 to be this year and thought at first glance that your original posting was only weeks old. It’s hard to believe no-one else has commented in more than a year.

The skeptical part of my brain is wondering at the strategy behind what you and I perceive as trickery. Do a number of people, after they’ve signed up for free membership, decide “What the heck, I already have a free account, I might as well pay the “Donation” fee here rather than a subscription fee elsewhere.” In which case, the posturing as free and not-for-profit has worked to get subscriptions in a very competitive field.

Or do others who sign up here believe that the “Free membership” offered is not trickery and that subscriptions being called Donations is also not trickery? And that the website owners are genuine and sincere?

Thanks again, Mad, for your comments and balanced approach.

Jana :-)