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@vertical-slice.bsky.social@vertical-slice.bsky.social → @verticalslicenews.bsky.social@verticalslicenews.bsky.social → @verticalslice.newsThe "mostly yearly subs" is I think because the initial sale applies to a whole year, whereas it only applies to the first month of a monthly so if you're someone who would pay monthly, but are in the fence, there's little reason to pick the sale as the time to go for it.
Show PostThe BDS call to boycott goes over this actually, as well as all the other gotchas of this type.
Show PostYou know, an extra shitty thing about this is that without the genAI element, itemization might even be a feature some pack creators (and a lot of buyers) would appreciate - buying assets a la carte instead of in a big pack that might be too expensive. But it only comes with Spark.
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