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Sorry that our pricing model isn't the clearest - we're still bouncing around ideas for after the beta. The $30 pre-order gets you access to the entire beta period until we release.

The subscription fee after the beta period is for use of a private server for you and your friends to use learntomod. Alternatively you can opt for a lower fee to play on a public learntomod server.

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I've taken a look at the product site and I love it! I think it's perfect. Our son is obsessed with Minecraft and has recently been expressing interest about learning how to program. One question about the pricing, is would I be able to go through the lessons as well as my son? Or would we need to pay for separate accounts? The FAQ mentions something about up to 4 players per server.

Will people be able to run their own learntomod servers? What happens after the beta? Would I have to pay more to continue using the software?

Just talked to a few other people and they said -those who preorder get a guaranteed life-time price of $10/month, regardless of whether we raise the price for everyone else.

After the beta: we haven't decided on a final pricing system. We're shooting around ideas of doing a tier system.

And about running your own learntomod server:

At this stage we aren't letting people run their own learntomod server, the only exception being 3rd party hosting companies that want to make it available to their users.

Thanks for the info. I'll admit that I probably wouldn't subscribe to such a service. If it was a fixed price for the software I would definitely buy it for my kids.

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