Thank you for the response Rob, that does clarify things for me and it was very respectful and honest. I guess you are correct in that it seems just a disagreement in how you and I view the semantics of it. But that's fine, and I may have spoke a bit out of place a bit (and a bit too soon) but I will surely agree to disagree. Perhaps implying it was an intentional misrepresentation was a bit too much.
My above post though about not buying an account though stemmed from asking politely about the differences and getting ignored. All the while seeing that poor guy's post who was trying to donate despite being very down on his luck. This is what triggered me to get upset, as I saw him as reacting to the word donate especially. The word donate plays on people's sensibilities and morals (as evidenced by that gentleman) and seems to me inappropriate in a business setting.
Again though, I absolutely don't begrudge you guys trying to up-sell a service. But you were removing features that regular subscribers had used, to make them exclusive to premium members. This is your prerogative of course, but it doesn't feel like up-selling when you take stuff away. So while no one is directly trying to make someone buy an account, it's clear there are subtle disincentives being given if you don't buy one. These silly user titles under people's names that make it look like we say these hokey things about how we love Android or have a custom ROM being a perfect example.
Btw if Phases want's to let me have it that would be fine, I think he's a nice guy, I think you're all nice guys and I apologize for saying you were misrepresenting things intentionally, and I know you're really dedicated to this site. However, I just wish you guys were more clear in the language you use.
At this point you are right though, I have said my opinion and shall leave it at that, I don't mean to harrass you at every turn, just to state my view.
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