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The point of a Peloton is to do the classes, either for running or spinning, which require a subscription. It would be silly to buy a premium device who's point is to use the subscription based features and specifically intend to use it without the subscription. Just buy a similar treadmill from another company.
Such a stupid move even from a pure business point of view. People who can fork out $3k for a treadmill (as well as have the space and time to use it) are people who are in a good position to defend themselves from this sort of bullshit
"As a reminder, under the terms of our voluntary recall, Tread+ owners can return their Tread+ for a full refund by contacting Member support,"
Though who would want to own that death trap is beyond me.
I mean the entire business model of the company seems to be to depart rich people from their money in obscene ways, so that move does not seem unexpected. I generally do not understand the thought process of buying a tablet glued to a treadmill for three thousand dollars. That's like what, a decade of gym membership
Do you not understand why they would rather buy a treadmill than train at the gym, or why they don't buy a cheaper treadmill?
No other solution to keeping toddlers off of a treadmill with a giant touch screen?
Maybe a simple math question or 'confirm your birthday'?
No no... gotta cash-grab to pay for the lawsuit.
Classy.
The title of this article is somewhat silly to me. The subscription fee has never been a surprise to anyone who's owned one. The point of a Peloton is to do the classes, either for running or spinning, which require a subscription. It would be silly to buy a premium device who's point is to use the subscription based features and specifically intend to use it without the subscription. Just buy a similar treadmill fro…
What if they go out of business?
I mean the entire business model of the company seems to be to depart rich people from their money in obscene ways, so that move does not seem unexpected. I generally do not understand the thought process of buying a tablet glued to a treadmill for three thousand dollars. That's like what, a decade of gym membership
> I generally do not understand the thought process of buying a tablet glued to a treadmill for three thousand dollars. That's like what, a decade of gym membership Do you not understand why they would rather buy a treadmill than train at the gym, or why they don't buy a cheaper treadmill?
Corporations love the steady revenue of the subscription model. Look at Blackrock buying up all the housing and renting it out. The idea being that people won’t own anything except (maybe) their clothes. Well, certainly a lot less trouble for the kids when you kick off.
I’m just waiting for them to go ahead and implement a privatized social credit score too at this point.