Re:Peloton cuts back on Apple Watch support
by _jal on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:23PM
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Yep. No @#$@ing way am I going to pay a rental fee on a device I just bought, whether or not it has a TV built in.
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Re:Peloton cuts back on Apple Watch support
by timdorr on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:29PM
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It's not a rental fee for the device, it's a subscription fee for the content that can be used on it. You can still use the bike as a plain exercise bike without a subscription.
It's the same thing as buying a Roku and paying for Netflix.
Re:Peloton cuts back on Apple Watch support
by Johnny555 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:35PM
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It's the same thing as buying a Roku and paying for Netflix.
Seems more like buying an expensive Netflix player, which will only show photo albums from an SD card unless you subscribe to Netflix.
Or, buying a Peloton bike is more like buying a Roku to watch movies and then having to pay for a Roku subscription or it's useless because it doesn't work with Netflix.
I understand it is possible to use it like an overpriced exerbike with a useless monitor glued on.
Thank you for the overly-literal semantic quibbling, it wouldn't be HN without it.
Re:Peloton cuts back on Apple Watch support
by fshbbdssbbgdd on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:09PM
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Although Peloton charge $40/mo if you bought their bike, or $15/mo if you use your own bike. $15/mo is in line with competitor prices for similar services. So it really seems like the extra $25/mo is “vendor lock-in” premium.
There are features gated to the Peloton bike which gives a downside to the bring-your-own-bike route and muddies the waters somewhat. If the Peloton app supported ERG mode with full interactivity, I’d probably be willing to pay $25/mo, because it is a really high quality service.