[asutekku]

The thing is, if your product is a subscription then maximizing your engagement in a way that the users will stick longer and pay for longer is not a counterexample, it’s just adapting the engagement to fit your business model.

[taberiand]

It could also be seen as adapting the business model to fit the process.

Essentialy, the goal was to sell a product that guided users to learn in the most effective way possible. The learning model is spaced repetition, which requires users to use the product over a long period - therefore the best way to sell it is as a long term subscription.

If the best way to learn was to cram as much as possible in as short a time as possible, then maybe the product would be sold as a bunch of individually priced courses paid in full up front.

As long as the product is fairly priced and provides a valuable service, there's nothing wrong with making money as effectively as possible with it.

[asutekku]

Absolutely, it makes sense for a product. But claiming it’s ”counter addicting” is just false.

[ussy]

I completely agree with your view on this.