| ▲ | 4ndrewl 7 hours ago | |||||||||||||
"Plan prices aren’t changing.” Isn't this like saying "The Porsche you rented at $200/mo is now a Honda. But the price hasn't changed!" | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | canada_dry 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
This may be a more accurate analogy... "The Porsche you rented at $200/mo now only allows you a maximum of 100km of travel. You will be automatically charged extra when you go over that." | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | larschdk 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
On top of being worth less, the subscriber discounts are gone. The old plans were $0.033/request for Pro, $0.026/request for Pro+ and $0.04/request for pay-as-you-go. That discount is now gone. They even still advertise "5x the number of requests" for Pro+ over Pro. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Hamuko 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Yeah, if I go to a petrol station with 50€, but only get a tenth of the amount of petrol I got last week, I may think that the price has in fact changed. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | predkambrij 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
More like, The Porsche you had for a month you'll now have for 5 min only. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Waterluvian 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
"Your monthly fee isn't changing but it now only covers about 3 days of driving." | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | croes 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
More like, the rising gas prices aren’t a problem, I only ever fill up for $40 | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | deeviant 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
It's more like saying, "and you may now only use the Porsche for 5 minutes out of every day." | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | KoftaBob 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
It’s technically true that the plan prices haven’t changed, it’s just the value you get from those plans has plummeted. It’s classic deceptive sales language. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | pphysch 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
They are now charging per gallon instead of a flat rate per trip | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | guzfip 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||
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