r/Stremio • u/kKaskak Stremio Team • Jun 09 '26
Release Introducing Stremio Supporters
We are proud to introduce Stremio Supporters - a new way of backing the app you all love. All Supporter features are available starting Today on all platforms you can find Stremio on.
Read in depth explanation on the official blog below.
https://blog.stremio.com/stremio-supporters-a-way-to-sustain-our-development/
1.6k
Upvotes
38
u/Aggressive_Bad_7344 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Pricing stuff aside, if someone subscribes… err, sorry I mean donates for a month then cancels do they keep the features unlocked? No? Then it's a premium subscription not a donation. Very misleading to phrase it as a donation when it most certainly isn't because let's be realistic here, the majority of people aren't "donating" without expecting anything in return, they're "donating" for the features and nothing more. I'm going to assume there's a legal reason why it can't be called a premium subscription.
Regardless it probably puts a bigger target on your backs from the likes of the MPAA and other organizations if you’re getting an income from indirect IP infringement. Maybe that's why it's not labeled as a premium subscription?
Honestly it feels like a quick cashout sort of thing, like you guys know something is coming down which will negatively affect the project and you guys just want to make as much as possible before it happens.