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The high-quality onboarding experience?
Oh for fucks sake, this is just people entering information into a webpage.
Just another failing business model trying to find somewhere to "extract value".
Same idea as those stupid "convenience fees" that Ticketmaster and some websites charge by allowing me to pay online.
Screw that, just let me pedal.
Setting something up is literally the worst part of anything you buy that isn't a lego/model kit. No one is excited to set up a new TV, phone, or computer because it takes forever and prevents you from doing wha you actually want to do with the damn thing.
I have to disagree a little bit personally. It can be a chore, but sometimes there is a sense that you're taking this generic piece of tech sold by the millions and tailoring it to your personal preferences. It's a little silly and superficial, but it can add a little extra enjoyment to that whole experience of getting a new shiny that you've been looking forward to.
All that said, paying $95 for the experience of setting up a used exercise bike is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Hard disagree, I love assembling things (that have a little thought put into the process)!
Hell, now that I've finally got my 3D printer setup properly after hours and hours, I've barely used it!
This is still dumb as fuck from Peloton though
Failed
Not sure how this was ever a good model, unless they knew they'd make their profit very quickly before people realized they could download a phone app for interval training and watch whatever they want.
I use an interval app, Just Run, but not just for running. I've used it for physical therapy exercises, because I have a bunch of them, and it works really well. I just make a list of exercises and make a sequence of them, which I do on their respective interval instead of running.