It was bound to happen, membership numbers don’t mean anything if they aren’t paying for it. And time zones and work mean I’ll have to upgrade to watch what I want to. It’s totally worth $2 a month, but anyone know what will happen to current memberships?
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It was bound to happen. Last spring when I was checking my network access to be sure I could watch the Kentucky 5*, I went ahead and paid for the $25 fan membership. This is a service I rely on and enjoy, and $25 is a reasonable amount to pay.
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I’m a competing USEF member now, but the fan membership was never “free”. Most of the major streaming events offered a promo code for a free fan membership, but it always cost $25.
Maybe that will still be the case? All the same, I was able to get a USEF number with my fan membership which definitely has saved me more than $25 in discounts from Dover and SmartPak, so I’ve found it to be a good deal.
And I agree with you, even without the discounts, or promo codes, I still thought $25 is reasonable to pay considering the cost associated with putting up a livestream!
You will not be able to access anything On Demand (in the article posted), but you can still watch livestream with a free fan membership. For On Demand they are changing the $25.
I also think it is worth it. It has been nice watching for free, but I completely understand that there are costs associated with producing quality show video and we’ve been lucky so far to not have to pay.
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Meh, it’s worth 25 bucks. No big deal.
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