Willingness to Pay Subscriptions

Users express strong desire to pay subscription fees for services, preferring ad-free paid models over free ad-supported ones to support sustainability and avoid being the product.

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Sample Comments

rbanffy Jan 13, 2016 View on HN

Seems to be a feature people would be willing to pay subscriptions for.

mverwijs Feb 12, 2014 View on HN

How about just asking me if I want to become a paying customer? Please accept my money on the conditions that you keep the web open and provide an ad-free service

pqs Nov 30, 2023 View on HN

Someone needs to pay the bills. So it is logical that users pay a fee to use the product. I'm a paying user and I think that Bending Spoons is improving the product.

tzier Aug 15, 2014 View on HN

Noted! We're definitely excited to help solve this pain point. Nice to know that users would be willing to pay for it - I think that makes the "free" even more compelling.

cvhashim04 Nov 23, 2023 View on HN

Hard to pay for something that most users perceived as *free*

mikewarot Dec 11, 2020 View on HN

Give me a way to pay for this, I want to be a customer instead of the product. What is the lowest per user price you can offer, if 1% of them paid reliably? I assume it scales inversely with % who actually pay.

jpalomaki Jun 10, 2023 View on HN

It be healthier if users would pay for the services with money.

elvirs Feb 24, 2018 View on HN

only 1 in 50 users is actually paying? thats not good

jolan Mar 22, 2010 View on HN

Please ask if they're profitable and what % of users pay for their service.

FuckOffNeemo Jan 26, 2019 View on HN

For $1 I'd agree most of the user base would commit to paying it too.