cambridgeshire canary 7,797 Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) Is it worth the price? Anyone know? Honestly currious. Sure does seem to be a whole lot of hatred towards the service becoming a paid only subscription on social media thats for sure.. Edited January 27, 2022 by cambridgeshire canary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,645 Posted January 27, 2022 Didn't @Pete Raven say they had 3500 signed up a few weeks ago?? You on commission CC? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 7,797 Posted January 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Greavsy said: Didn't @Pete Raven say they had 3500 signed up a few weeks ago?? You on commission CC? Afraid not, just curious if anyone knows if it's worth a subscirption 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted January 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Afraid not, just curious if anyone knows if it's worth a subscirption 😂 Try it free for a month to see if it is or not. Can't say fairer than that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary dwarf 221 Posted January 27, 2022 4 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Is it worth the price? Anyone know? Honestly currious. Sure does seem to be a whole lot of hatred towards the service becoming a paid only subscription on social media thats for sure.. I think all the content should be free , there are plenty of adverts on here which should finance it. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 5,246 Posted January 27, 2022 No and it appears from those that have voted so far i am not alone by a long chalk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 10,762 Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Canary dwarf said: I think all the content should be free , there are plenty of adverts on here which should finance it. Unfortunately not. The advertising on the PinkUn website isn't going to be generating anything significant. I must try the app, I haven't done yet. If it's decent then £1.99 a month is more than fair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,596 Posted January 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Canary dwarf said: I think all the content should be free , there are plenty of adverts on here which should finance it. Do many people actually look at the adverts ? They're so b*oody annoying ! I honestly couldn't tell you what any of the current lot are but they must have some affect on us or the companies wouldn't pay to do so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Google Bot 3,929 Posted January 28, 2022 Imagine all those links, none of which you can copy and paste.. It'd be hell @cambridgeshire canary !! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andyc24_uk 79 Posted January 28, 2022 No, and I won't be doing so. Been reading the Pinkun for years but I'll be honest, if I'm going to have to pay for football journalism I'll be going for Michael Bailey's content on The Athletic. The Pinkun's jounalists do a decent enough job covering Norwich but their reporting for me often seems too uncritical and almost afraid to ask the uncomfortable questions, especially when players and/or staff aren't pulling their weight and deserve legitimate questions and criticism; and follows the official club line. Fair enough for a free service and that approach is valid in and of itself, but MB at least has more independence and if I'm paying for content then I want the best I can get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 7,797 Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Google Bot said: Imagine all those links, none of which you can copy and paste.. It'd be hell @cambridgeshire canary !! They've ruined my main thread making method 😭 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Greenthumb 792 Posted January 28, 2022 Trying the 30day trial, some good interviews. Prefer the athletic, but it’s early days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Google Bot 3,929 Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, cambridgeshire canary said: They've ruined my main thread making method 😭 There's always onlyfans, you could print the articles out and 'accidentally' have them in your hands as you lay in the hot tub looking all sultry. Anyone asks, we were just studying you the whole time. 👍 Edited January 28, 2022 by Google Bot 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NCFCInnit 52 Posted January 28, 2022 My concern is that I would be paying for content re-circulated from publications I have already paid for or which are free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingston Yellow 259 Posted January 28, 2022 The audio player is dreadful. Buffers nonstop and takes for ever to cache. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Wundaboy 1,423 Posted January 28, 2022 I have the Pinkun app for the extra bits from DF and Paddy, although the media stuff doesn’t always seem to work well. I block ads on the Pinkun site so fair’s fair. Also pay for the Athletic and find MB’s content brilliant but there’s not enough of it, luckily I get all my other football media from there too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyro Pete 2,353 Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) I signed up when the app was first released and have found I generally read a lot more Pinkun content now. My free trial ends next week and I think I use the app enough to justify the £19.99 annual fee. That works out at £1.67 a month, or 39p a week. I think that's pretty good value, to be honest. I'm also very wary of the impact of The Athletic on local journalism. In short, they want to destroy it. This is a quote from one of The Athletic's founders: "We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” Alex Mather, a co-founder of The Athletic, said in an interview in San Francisco. “We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.” Screw The Athletic. Edited January 28, 2022 by Pyro Pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 4,149 Posted January 28, 2022 As a remote supporter the links to what’s going on are hard enough to get, and I consider it important to keep local media going. I think I’ll get it - though haven’t yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,462 Posted January 29, 2022 Yes Parma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Starr 571 Posted January 29, 2022 The Athletic is far far far far FAR superior Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newtopia 573 Posted January 30, 2022 I subscribe, not really certain the argument about the lack of ads or extra content justify the money. For me it is about supporting the Pinkun, and I do read / watch almost all the content regularly so the fee is fine, compared to my Prime video / Netflix costs it is a bargain, and it is also cheaper than when I bought the Pinkun each week. I can’t compare it to the Athletic as I have never tried it. I would love it to have some form of audio or video coverage of the game, I guess that would cost a lot more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,462 Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Newtopia said: I subscribe, not really certain the argument about the lack of ads or extra content justify the money. For me it is about supporting the Pinkun, and I do read / watch almost all the content regularly so the fee is fine, compared to my Prime video / Netflix costs it is a bargain, and it is also cheaper than when I bought the Pinkun each week. I can’t compare it to the Athletic as I have never tried it. I would love it to have some form of audio or video coverage of the game, I guess that would cost a lot more. Indeed. Why didn’t they just give away the printed version? As they say in Silicon Valley ‘if you cannot see the product, you are the product’ Parma Edited January 30, 2022 by Parma Ham's gone mouldy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 5,246 Posted January 30, 2022 If the poll on here is a representation of the take up generally with Norwich fans i suggest Archant may well be somewhat disappointed with 15% . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,959 Posted January 30, 2022 No - I rarely read the Pink Un stuff these days as when I have had a look it's normally pretty poor fodder (no offense to anyone involved, just my opinion). That said, I have noticed they've got Chris Sutton on board now though so it's possible they might be upping their game. OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 6,381 Posted January 30, 2022 On 28/01/2022 at 13:18, cambridgeshire canary said: They've ruined my main thread making method 😭 I really hope you're not naive enough to think that was accidental.🤓 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
