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Suggestion for lichess premium: auto analysis calculation.

@sakkninn_77 said in #10:
> @StartingSquare Lichess wants to promote chess in a FREE way, so if they add a feature it will be for FREE, no need to make people pay since lichess's main objective isn't making money. Also please read @for_cryingout_loud's links.

At $2 a month it probably wouldn't be making any money though. And apparently there is a need to make people pay for this particular feature.

I always heard there's two main online chess sites/apps. Chess.com and Lichess, and that Lichess is what the real chess enthusiasts use, it's what Magnus would use all the time if Chess.com didn't pay him so much money. But maybe Magnus really uses Chess.com because he enjoys the instant game analysis. He thinks a mile a minute so a 15 second delay that you have to initiate yourself would feel like an eternity to him.
This is turning into a not-so-subtle chessdotcom ad
@StartingSquare said in #13:
> At $2 a month it probably wouldn't be making any money though. And apparently there is a need to make people pay for this particular feature.
>
> I always heard there's two main online chess sites/apps. Chess.com and Lichess, and that Lichess is what the real chess enthusiasts use, it's what Magnus would use all the time if Chess.com didn't pay him so much money. But maybe Magnus really uses Chess.com because he enjoys the instant game analysis. He thinks a mile a minute so a 15 second delay that you have to initiate yourself would feel like an eternity to him.

Instead of advertising che$$.com, a site that makes you pay for analyzing TWO games a day why don't you promote a good feature for free in a free site.
Also everyone here thinks an inch a minute.
I think anyone who regularly uses lichess is not a fan of chess.com. The price for diamond membership is very high and I wonder if chess.com gives premium to the pros for free to help promote it.
@StartingSquare said in #16:
> I think anyone who regularly uses lichess is not a fan of chess.com. The price for diamond membership is very high and I wonder if chess.com gives premium to the pros for free to help promote it.

wait have you finally got the memo that lichess is free.

"Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. Most "free" websites subsist by selling ads or selling user data. Others do it by putting all the good stuff behind paywalls. Lichess does none of these things and never will. With no investors demanding profits, Lichess staff can focus on improving the site as their only goal."-lichess
@for_cryingout_loud said in #18:
> wait have you finally got the memo that lichess is free.
>
> "Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. Most "free" websites subsist by selling ads or selling user data. Others do it by putting all the good stuff behind paywalls. Lichess does none of these things and never will. With no investors demanding profits, Lichess staff can focus on improving the site as their only goal."-lichess

Not for profits. But for the good of lichess players and to help grow of the lichess community. The standard lichess experience would still be the same as it was before, still just as free with the exact same features, only now people could pay the server costs to get instant game analysis. Or at least let us process all that computationally within our own browsers as we play, so it's ready instantly at the end of the game. My Mac is pretty powerful and the fans running while playing wouldn't be too distracting, although probably would get pretty annoying.
@StartingSquare said in #19:
> Not for profits. But for the good of lichess players and to help grow of the lichess community. The standard lichess experience would still be the same as it was before, still just as free with the exact same features, only now people could pay the server costs to get instant game analysis. Or at least let us process all that computationally within our own browsers as we play, so it's ready instantly at the end of the game. My Mac is pretty powerful and the fans running while playing wouldn't be too distracting, although probably would get pretty annoying.

Why not suggesting it as a free feature then. Lichess has promised to remain 100% free forever. I like the idea of having auto game analysis, so why not making it optional so only the ones who want it and have a strong pc/mac get it. Lichess earns money from donations and more fetaures= more people = more donations. No need to pay.