What I don't understand is this: If you want to get rid of users you already have, why don't you charge them an exorbitant amount? You'll get cash for your effort, and those who really like your product will stay. The rest will naturally leave.
Doing manually what the free market would have done automatically and much more efficiently seems like a waste of their effort.
It doesn't even need to be an exorbitant amount: charge each user $2 a month for the continuation of service and they'll shed the freeloaders without alienating their real fans.
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What I don't understand is this: If you want to get rid of users you already have, why don't you charge them an exorbitant amount? You'll get cash for your effort, and those who really like your product will stay. The rest will naturally leave.
Doing manually what the free market would have done automatically and much more efficiently seems like a waste of their effort.
It doesn't even need to be an exorbitant amount: charge each user $2 a month for the continuation of service and they'll shed the freeloaders without alienating their real fans.
Maybe they are too exhausted for even that. Set up a payment system when you're sleep deprived? No thanks.