Chess.com regional pricing: A case study • Hacker News Board

Re: Chess.com regional pricing: A case study

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Post by SergeAx » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 8:19 PM UTC

remedan wrote: post #15

> It is the goal of every business to maximise profits. As a business, it is your responsibility to price your products in a way that will yield the most profit. This is how the article starts, and it might be somewhat off-topic, but I disagree. Plenty of businesses (at least privately held ones) have the goal of simply making enough for the owners to get by. Not to optimize for the absolute maximum. And why should t…

In most jurisdictions shareholders may sue management for deliberately lost profits.

Re: Chess.com regional pricing: A case study

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Post by zippyman55 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 9:32 PM UTC

whatamidoingyo wrote: post #89

InsomniacL wrote: post #63

They priced me out of a subscription. £15 a month in the UK for an online chess game is crazy. I've paid for 3 months but this is my last. I'm only interested in Game review, but there are about 50 other sub-categories on their site that i don't use. Only their top tier of membership provides game review and to be honest it's not even that good. The game review is about the top 'computer' move, not what a human shoul…

Lichess is incredible. I canceled my membership and deleted my chess.com account due to frustrations from disconnects and laggy movement. Lichess doesn't have these issues. It just feels way better to play vs chess.com.

agreed! i have a chess.com account but lichess.org is really great at no cost. It does not have the news feeds and the GM tie-ins, but its chess is first rate.

Re: Chess.com regional pricing: A case study

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Post by zippyman55 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 9:33 PM UTC

mna_ wrote: post #105

InsomniacL wrote: post #63

They priced me out of a subscription. £15 a month in the UK for an online chess game is crazy. I've paid for 3 months but this is my last. I'm only interested in Game review, but there are about 50 other sub-categories on their site that i don't use. Only their top tier of membership provides game review and to be honest it's not even that good. The game review is about the top 'computer' move, not what a human shoul…

Chess.com's game review is rubbish. Make an account on Lichess and play there instead. Lichess has engine analysis too and it's completely free.

The game review is so weird. 1. e4. Comment: You have made a strategic move taking control of the center..... Tell me something I do not know. So many generic comments, almost useless.

Re: Chess.com regional pricing: A case study

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Post by mna_ » Sun, Oct 12, 2025, 7:29 AM UTC

zippyman55 wrote: post #123

mna_ wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chess.com's game review is rubbish. Make an account on Lichess and play there instead. Lichess has engine analysis too and it's completely free.

The game review is so weird. 1. e4. Comment: You have made a strategic move taking control of the center..... Tell me something I do not know. So many generic comments, almost useless.

They're buttering you up, so you stay on the site and look at adverts and/or buy premium subscriptions. None of that nonsense on Lichess, which is run on donations, not ads/subscriptions.