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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8520331" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>I read through all of that, but you have to put that in context.</p><p></p><p>Update 23 (which you quote) ...<em> is the announcement that they would be putting it on Amazon Prime</em>. Update 23 leads with:</p><p></p><p><em>Our friends at Amazon have partnered with us to broadcast Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina </em><u><em>exclusively on Amazon Prime Video!</em></u></p><p></p><p>Now, that said ...</p><p></p><p>I read through the comments from two years ago posted after that update. It appears that almost everyone at the time interpreted that update to mean that backers would get the first season free regardless of Amazon status. A lot of people are there defending them and saying, "Hey, at least you get the first season without a paywall." Seriously, it's a giant wave of comments from backers saying that you'd only need Amazon to watch season 2 (which still made some people angry).</p><p></p><p>And I don't see anyone correcting that impression. Not a single person.* And that was two years ago.</p><p></p><p>So ... I still stand by my original analysis, but ... CR shouldn't have said that in Update 23, and when they saw how people were interpreting what they were saying, they should have <strong><em>immediately corrected that impression</em></strong><em>. </em></p><p></p><p>Now, if I had to guess (<em>and this is a pure guess</em>), I would say the following was likely to be what transpired-</p><p>1. They did the Kickstarter with the accurate pledges and goals, with the assumption that they'd shop it around and it would likely end up on a free platform (such as youtube, etc.) and they'd own the rights. In other words, they never considered the idea of a paywall originally.</p><p></p><p>2. When they originally announced the deal with Amazon, they assumed that they'd be able to provide the backers with access to the first season for free. Besides- now they get to make more! Everyone is happy! Yay!</p><p></p><p>3. Unfortunately, that's not how things work at places like Amazon; they want to be able to entice new subscribers. So when they realized that, they did the next-best thing and looked into how people could use a "free trial account" (which Amazon isn't going to mind, because at least some percentage of those people will end up keeping it, or at least forgetting to cancel the auto-renew).</p><p></p><p>I'm sure it would be interesting to know what happened between Update 23 and today... but the best lesson is whoever wrote that update should have been a LOT more careful, given that they arguably promised something that the original KS never did. Again, IMO, YMMV, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*I don't have the time to read through all the comments and/or any additional clarifications- so if this was officially corrected immediately afterwards, then I stand corrected myself! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8520331, member: 7023840"] I read through all of that, but you have to put that in context. Update 23 (which you quote) ...[I] is the announcement that they would be putting it on Amazon Prime[/I]. Update 23 leads with: [I]Our friends at Amazon have partnered with us to broadcast Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina [/I][U][I]exclusively on Amazon Prime Video![/I][/U] Now, that said ... I read through the comments from two years ago posted after that update. It appears that almost everyone at the time interpreted that update to mean that backers would get the first season free regardless of Amazon status. A lot of people are there defending them and saying, "Hey, at least you get the first season without a paywall." Seriously, it's a giant wave of comments from backers saying that you'd only need Amazon to watch season 2 (which still made some people angry). And I don't see anyone correcting that impression. Not a single person.* And that was two years ago. So ... I still stand by my original analysis, but ... CR shouldn't have said that in Update 23, and when they saw how people were interpreting what they were saying, they should have [B][I]immediately corrected that impression[/I][/B][I]. [/I] Now, if I had to guess ([I]and this is a pure guess[/I]), I would say the following was likely to be what transpired- 1. They did the Kickstarter with the accurate pledges and goals, with the assumption that they'd shop it around and it would likely end up on a free platform (such as youtube, etc.) and they'd own the rights. In other words, they never considered the idea of a paywall originally. 2. When they originally announced the deal with Amazon, they assumed that they'd be able to provide the backers with access to the first season for free. Besides- now they get to make more! Everyone is happy! Yay! 3. Unfortunately, that's not how things work at places like Amazon; they want to be able to entice new subscribers. So when they realized that, they did the next-best thing and looked into how people could use a "free trial account" (which Amazon isn't going to mind, because at least some percentage of those people will end up keeping it, or at least forgetting to cancel the auto-renew). I'm sure it would be interesting to know what happened between Update 23 and today... but the best lesson is whoever wrote that update should have been a LOT more careful, given that they arguably promised something that the original KS never did. Again, IMO, YMMV, etc. *I don't have the time to read through all the comments and/or any additional clarifications- so if this was officially corrected immediately afterwards, then I stand corrected myself! :) [/QUOTE]
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