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This was embargoed until Friday, but they (quite ludicrously) broke their own embargo.
As aneesh99 said, some regular RLM contributors have been very vocal about denouncing this. I'm guessing that RLM won't comment due to the embargo. They've always been proponents of sponsor-funded, free-at-point-of-delivery, un-geoblocked coverage, so it's hard to see how they could defend this.
I think the price is reasonable for existing fans, but how is this strategy supposed to attract new fans? Does the series even want to grow? As several people have pointed out, if we take an 8,000 average for people watching the stream (Fuji and Shanghai were more like 4,000 IIRC), and every one of those 8,000 people subscribed for the full season, you're looking at €160,000 in revenue. A paltry sum really, and something that a sponsor could probably easily pick up.
That being said, it's probably wise to wait for the official announcement. This could all be a fuss about nothing.
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