Originally Posted by
One Wheel
Non-paying users add value to the product. There are other options that I don't use, simply because there aren't as many people to compare to. As a non-paying user I miss out on some features, and that is reasonable. I just checked the segments that I have KOMs on, and, not counting the one that only has 3 people recorded as completing the segment, only 17 out of 40 users in the top 10 are premium users (some overlap between segments, obviously). I'm not mooching, I'm contributing to critical mass.
Non paying users are consuming Server time and Internet bandwidth, I won't count support because that is likely minimal for non paying users.
Given the choice between non stop adverts (like some free services) or paying $10/year, which would you choose?
Barry