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I didn't like that Google is the only option to sign up. And didn't like the 7 day free trial on providing credit card process. And the price is steep.

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I mostly disagree with your comment. Google sign-up is fine as a starting point for a product, I find the price is probably quite reasonable.

I can somewhat agree with requiring a credit card on sign-up, but it does give an idea of if people are REALLY willing to pay, or just kicking the can.

Regarding Google – we're planning to introduce other methods later this week.

Regarding credit card process – that's understandable. Unfortunately, that's the most robust way we know to measure how many people would buy a subscription.

What is the primary goal? To measure how many people are willing to provide a credit card? Probably something else, right? So what is the key metric? And have you made a back-of-the-envelope estimate on the tradeoff you're making towards the key metric?

Regarding credit cards – that's precisely our goal. To see how many people would be ready to pay (or provide a credit card at least). Of course, our product is not as developed as one would expect and we're going to see many cancellations. But it provides a useful data point for us nevertheless. Then we can act on the feedback and develop the product further to lower cancellation rate.

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