doesn't change the fact you promised and nah archmage setting a subscription system had nothing to do with xbot coming in. AM already was looking towards the future and the subscription model was the only way to be sustainable. I don't recall AM promising a one off fee. It was only like taht in the beginning cuz they havent implemented the subscription model but if not wrong they already conveyed that there would be fees.
Xbot on the other hand did in a sense promise a one off fee and from what I heard the chat went kinda crazy after the % fees. Anyways clearly there's something not right if xbot has to advertise so hard that they are "the best". there's just something desperate about it and for me that's just a lot of red flags. if it's truly true then the users themselves would be sharing about it not the developer
What you're saying is basically: "I don't like that you broke a promise, so I'm gonna stick to a service that charges me more and gives me less".
We added fees for several reasons. Our service has improved a lot since inception. We added tons of new features and services. Splinterlands has changed their stance on bots and battle helpers which affected us. I'm not perfect, and I admit that the initial promise of no fees was not well thought out. But I believe I have more than made up for that by improving performance, adding extra features and services.
In the last year XBOT released the following features and services, on top of continuously improving the main battle algorithm:
In the last year, Archmage released:
You can interpret my messaging as you like. Maybe the offer was too "desperate". I'm not a PR person. I'm a developer and I write code. I see it as showing confidence that XBOT is the better, cheaper service, and I'm spreading the word to inform people.
If you choose brand loyalty over supporting active developers, and also sacrifice earnings - be my guest. I can't help you if you prefer lip service over actual work and results.