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4ndrewlyesterday at 4:29 PM11 repliesview on HN

"Plan prices aren’t changing.”

Isn't this like saying "The Porsche you rented at $200/mo is now a Honda. But the price hasn't changed!"


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canada_dryyesterday at 4:42 PM

This may be a more accurate analogy... "The Porsche you rented at $200/mo now only allows you a maximum of 100km of travel. You will be automatically charged extra when you go over that."

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larschdkyesterday at 5:42 PM

On top of being worth less, the subscriber discounts are gone.

The old plans were $0.033/request for Pro, $0.026/request for Pro+ and $0.04/request for pay-as-you-go. That discount is now gone. They even still advertise "5x the number of requests" for Pro+ over Pro.

SomeUserName432today at 8:58 AM

Having rented cars a lot, this is actually quite common.

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Hamukoyesterday at 6:11 PM

Yeah, if I go to a petrol station with 50€, but only get a tenth of the amount of petrol I got last week, I may think that the price has in fact changed.

Waterluvianyesterday at 4:38 PM

"Your monthly fee isn't changing but it now only covers about 3 days of driving."

predkambrijyesterday at 8:23 PM

More like, The Porsche you had for a month you'll now have for 5 min only.

croesyesterday at 5:43 PM

More like, the rising gas prices aren’t a problem, I only ever fill up for $40

deeviantyesterday at 4:37 PM

It's more like saying, "and you may now only use the Porsche for 5 minutes out of every day."

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KoftaBobyesterday at 8:05 PM

It’s technically true that the plan prices haven’t changed, it’s just the value you get from those plans has plummeted. It’s classic deceptive sales language.

pphyschyesterday at 6:53 PM

They are now charging per gallon instead of a flat rate per trip

guzfipyesterday at 4:35 PM

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