The ten is why I hate US track

willias wrote:

Freeby wrote:

Question for those on this thread that want these live streams to be free/super cheap...

Q) Who is producing your ideal stream? Are they volunteering to work for free?

Q) Where does the camera equipment come from? Is it free?

Q) Is the camera equipment high quality? Or just a cell-phone with a camera?

Q) Who's paying for the rights to stream? Or are those free too?

Track fans want everything cheap and free, but then complain when it's low quality or poorly produced.

Complain all you want, but the sport is being covered, isn't it?

Contrary to the belief of users on these boards, most people do not care about track. We do, obviously. But the average person does not want or care to watch our sport.

Hate FloTrack for covering the sport, and asking for money to do it (they are a business...) But they're doing something most companies don't care to do, and that's cover niche sports.

Consider this:

You get what you want, free/cheap content. Created by hobbyists/amateurs with little to no expertise in the area (because they're doing this for free.) The complaint then would be: this sucks and they don't know anything.

And round and round we go...

Wrong!!! They are not working for free. They get paid by posting on YouTube. Modern cell phones are almost as good as any camera. We don't want anyone paying for rights. That is the point. We want anyone to be able to film and post on YouTube. Millions will watch this stuff instead of just the 1500 flotrack subscribers. The best versions will get the most views and they will make the most money. The sport isn't being covered because of flotrack. That is the point you are missing. Only 1500 people watch flotrack. Millions will watch on YouTube. We want flotrack to disappear and open up these meets to millions instead of a couple of 1000. You don't get it, Flotrack is the problem and we want them to go away.

Freeby wrote:

Question for those on this thread that want these live streams to be free/super cheap...

Q) Who is producing your ideal stream? Are they volunteering to work for free?

Q) Where does the camera equipment come from? Is it free?

Q) Is the camera equipment high quality? Or just a cell-phone with a camera?

Q) Who's paying for the rights to stream? Or are those free too?

Track fans want everything cheap and free, but then complain when it's low quality or poorly produced.

Complain all you want, but the sport is being covered, isn't it?

Contrary to the belief of users on these boards, most people do not care about track. We do, obviously. But the average person does not want or care to watch our sport.

Hate FloTrack for covering the sport, and asking for money to do it (they are a business...) But they're doing something most companies don't care to do, and that's cover niche sports.

Consider this:

You get what you want, free/cheap content. Created by hobbyists/amateurs with little to no expertise in the area (because they're doing this for free.) The complaint then would be: this sucks and they don't know anything.

And round and round we go...

cccxy wrote:

Freeby wrote:

Question for those on this thread that want these live streams to be free/super cheap...

Q) Who is producing your ideal stream? Are they volunteering to work for free?

Q) Where does the camera equipment come from? Is it free?

Q) Is the camera equipment high quality? Or just a cell-phone with a camera?

Q) Who's paying for the rights to stream? Or are those free too?

Track fans want everything cheap and free, but then complain when it's low quality or poorly produced.

Complain all you want, but the sport is being covered, isn't it?

Contrary to the belief of users on these boards, most people do not care about track. We do, obviously. But the average person does not want or care to watch our sport.

Hate FloTrack for covering the sport, and asking for money to do it (they are a business...) But they're doing something most companies don't care to do, and that's cover niche sports.

Consider this:

You get what you want, free/cheap content. Created by hobbyists/amateurs with little to no expertise in the area (because they're doing this for free.) The complaint then would be: this sucks and they don't know anything.

And round and round we go...

No one is expecting it to be free, or even cheap. But I don't think it's too much to ask for a decent product at a fair price, especially at $30 per month.

I've subscribed several times and pay for other running streaming services. But the kicker for me was going dark in the middle of the most prestigious marathon of the year.

And when I complained by email, only silence. They could have kept my business had they attempted to make it right. Maybe a discount on the next month, or at least an apology that there was a screw up.

But nothing. I just figure if that's the way they treat their customers they will no longer get my business. I would do the same with any company that fails to deliver what they promise.