Happy_Misanthrope posted:

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Those who choose to subscribe to Thurrott Premium will receive the following benefits:

-Optimized site experience. Ads are necessary on a free web site. But they’re annoying, and hurt site performance. So we’re going to address those issues with an optimized site experience for subscribers that includes far fewer ads. (We can’t say “no ads” because you may occasionally see sponsor logos. But it’s basically no ads.)
-Premium-only articles. Deeper analysis pieces will only be made available to the Premium audience going forward. This will enable higher quality conversations around these topics, as the comments will likewise be open only to subscribers.
-First Ring podcast. Brad and I will be recording a new news-focused podcast called the First Ring each day, Monday through Friday, in the afternoons. If you follow Brad and I on Twitter, you know what to expect.
-Video reviews. In addition to formalizing a new reviews format, I’ll be recording video versions of my hardware reviews for premium members too.
-Premium forum section. Premium members get early access to our forums, a private channel for communicating with the Thurrott team and your profile will stand out with the Alpha badge which is only offered during this special pre-launch promotion.
-Health of Tech reports. On a quarterly basis, We’ll be providing contextual analysis of the health of the largest personal technology companies and their platforms and ecosystems, based on quarterly and annual financial reporting.

Last Chance posted:

i would have went with "premium paul"

Shaggar posted:

yeah everyone has stuff like that. We have logos for dark backgrounds for light backgrounds, variations on the name/logo, black&white, etc...

I made a greyscale one for the phones and it looks pretty good.

eschaton posted:

I think the most important question is: does Premium Paul™ ensure he won't block you on Twitter or kick you from his forums?

Scott Forstall posted:

this is poorly thought out.

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

Scott Forstall posted:

holy lol you get ad block (but not all ads, "fewer ads")

also, member-only video reviews. how do sites keep screwing this up? video content takes a lot of time to script, stage, shoot, and edit. He's going to do this (by himself?) for a tiny sliver of users. he has never done video content for as long as I've read his site, which goes back to when he started doing windows weekly with laporte.

this is poorly thought out.

AtomD posted:

hmm okay, sounds like a bad deal, but if we make a slight change



okay. I might go for that

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

the in-depth quarterly reports on multiple companies shouldn't interrupt his daily podcast, in-depth articles and video reviews

Last Chance posted:

i would have went with "premium paul"

univbee posted:

that's his stripper name he's saving for when this falls through

qirex posted:

nice kerning...

NOT!

qirex posted:

nice kerning...




NOT!

Sir Unimaginative posted:

Does anyone do good kerning anymore?

creationist believer posted:

oi a chav fancied me font an kemed it

Scott Forstall posted:

holy lol you get ad block (but not all ads, "fewer ads")

also, member-only video reviews. how do sites keep screwing this up? video content takes a lot of time to script, stage, shoot, and edit. He's going to do this (by himself?) for a tiny sliver of users. he has never done video content for as long as I've read his site, which goes back to when he started doing windows weekly with laporte.

this is poorly thought out.

creationist believer posted:

oi a chav fancied me font an kerned it

You Am I posted:

Why call a Podcast "First Ring" when it is done in the afternoon? With a name like that, you'd think it would be scheduled in the morning

You Am I posted:

Why call a Podcast "First Ring" when it is done in the afternoon? With a name like that, you'd think it would be scheduled in the morning

PleasureKevin posted:

fist ring

Chris Knight posted:

ring zero
ring one
ring two
etc.


I'm assuming

You Am I posted:

idgi

anthonypants posted:

anthonypants posted:

PleasureKevin posted:

it really reads like it was written by a marketing person that doesn't know much about the actual games.

like what server-based game has an "end-game Dragon"?

*shot of wife rolling her eyes*

haha boys get it!

anthonypants posted:

PleasureKevin posted:

it really reads like it was written by a marketing person that doesn't know much about the actual games.

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

yeah wouldn't surprise me, even the alias seems auto generated

PleasureKevin posted:

it's even more obvious in other markets, because the app store only shows reviews from your own regional market. so in Canada you'll have really popular apps view hardly any reviews, if any at all. then some dumb game no ones ever heard of with dozens of reviews. it's even more obvious they've been bought. and sadly it's companies like Sega and Yahoo! doing this too.