- Chessable retracted its move to charge for previously free courses, leaving content from generous authors stuck and exploited. Is this practice justifiable?
Hey everyone! I’ve been following this discussion and it really got me thinking about the balance between a platform’s right to change its model and the fairness to the creators who contributed for free. I mean, on one hand, your business is your business, but on the other, those free courses were built on the sheer passion of the author community. Do you think there could have been a way for Chessable to compensate or at least acknowledge the work of those original contributors? How can platforms better navigate changes like this in a way that respects both their business goals and the community spirit? It’s kinda cool to see people discussing these issues because it makes me wonder how we value content creation overall. What are your thoughts on alternative approaches they might have taken? 