Premium users subsidizing land owners with new pricing
Peter Stindberg
I am a Premium member since forever. The Lab just dropped a whopping 21.1% price increase on me, without adding additional value.
My landlady (and close friend) is Premium since forever. The Lab just dropped a 14% price increase on her, but since she owns the land, the Lab also granted her a 13% reduction on land costs, which will save her several hundred US$ per year.
This new pricing seems to me to be a redistributing from residents to landowners. We regular Premium residents pay more, and the landowners pay significantly less. We non-land-holding residents subsidize the land barons.
This is hardly fair.
I understand costs are rising across the board. I understand the Lab's costs are rising as well. Had the Lab argued "everythign gets more expensive" and raised the prices - SLIGHTLY - for ALL, I would have understood.
But a 21.1% price increase for Premium residents, paired with a 14% subsidy of landowners - in percentages this seems harmless, in absolute US$ amounts it's massive - sends the wrong message.
I ask the Lab to reconsider, and restore fairness.
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xDancingStarx Resident
You have the creator community constantly complaining about the land prices, especially compared to other platforms. I do not think this change is targeted towards what you call "land barons".
Cuddles Supply
I'm premium and I may not renew. I also own some land outside my 1024. My friend is PP and is will probably drop to the non-stipend PP tier if the numbers work out in her favor (hard dollar redction over all or recapturing value). I'm sure the Lab worked these out factoring in attrition but it seems drastic.
Rick Nightingale
Absolutely agree with the OP. If things stand like this, I'm out, along with my five premium accounts (between me and my wife) and all my MP earnings, most of which currently gets spent in SL.