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[–] [email protected] 161 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (11 children)

They are implementing the "Anchor High" plan.

  1. Come out with a ridiculously high number
  2. Take the back lash
  3. Issue an apology, claim you are "listing to the team, partners, etc" <---- We are here
  4. Release a "revised" plan, which is really what you wanted all along
  5. Profit (quite literally)

I'm willing to bet they are angling for an acquisition, and trying to bump up their value to get a higher number.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Precisely what I'm talking about. They can afford to do so, since they lost the trust of the user about 2 statements from the CEO ago.

And not to go too deep into it, but how the hell are you going to create a brand new pricing scheme in only "a couple of days", without already having a draft of it ready? Don't you wanna check in with your lawyer? Your CFO? This shit must take more than 2 days to do.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 11 points 11 months ago

I don’t think they checked with their lawyer before releasing the first one (that had some pretty obviously legally dubious provisions). Why would they start asking the legal team now?

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