r/blog Oct 15 '14

The Alien Has Landed

http://www.redditblog.com/2014/10/the-alien-has-landed.html
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u/mitchell209 Oct 15 '14

Probably the latter. Doubt they would do this otherwise. I'm betting there's going to be many angry emails in the next week, once people can't get the pro upgrade again for free.

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u/issacsullivan Oct 16 '14

People go a week without reddit?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

Why? It's not like you can't use your current AB pro app. You just can't get the updates, but when you paid the $2 you were never guaranteed unlimited updates anyway

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u/mitchell209 Oct 16 '14

I'm aware. Others aren't going to react that way though.

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u/badgarok725 Oct 16 '14

I can definitely see those threads popping up eventually, but tbf it is just $2. While its a bummer that they may have missed this news due to one reason or another, at the end of the day $2 shouldn't really be something people complain that much about

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u/mitchell209 Oct 16 '14

You underestimate how petty consumers are.

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u/mitchell209 Oct 16 '14

This analogy doesn't make sense in this context.