no sorry Super GM :
Many of you have been asking why lichess is free. "No such thing as a free lunch", right? There must be a trap.
The status of Internet chess
Useful Internet services are rarely uninterested in money. More often than not, they are businesses whose first and foremost goal is to squeeze money out of us. Either by making us pay for features, or worse:
"When you're not buying or selling, you're the product being sold"
And indeed, many times it is true. Most free Internet services inflict advertisement upon us, and/or sell our private information to advertisement companies. It's shameful behaviour that lichess seeks to address.
Lichess is different
I love the Internet. It's like a new continent we recently discovered, still virgin, magic, and full of possibilities. It will become what me make of it. What do we want the Internet to be?
My objective when building lichess is to demonstrate that the Internet can be free. No hidden costs, playing with words - free, through and through.
Many of you have been asking why lichess is free. "No such thing as a free lunch", right? There must be a trap.
The status of Internet chess
Useful Internet services are rarely uninterested in money. More often than not, they are businesses whose first and foremost goal is to squeeze money out of us. Either by making us pay for features, or worse:
"When you're not buying or selling, you're the product being sold"
And indeed, many times it is true. Most free Internet services inflict advertisement upon us, and/or sell our private information to advertisement companies. It's shameful behaviour that lichess seeks to address.
Lichess is different
I love the Internet. It's like a new continent we recently discovered, still virgin, magic, and full of possibilities. It will become what me make of it. What do we want the Internet to be?
My objective when building lichess is to demonstrate that the Internet can be free. No hidden costs, playing with words - free, through and through.