Rab Expedition

“I fucking hate reddit sometimes. Looking at the plans on the website, most people and most use cases will save money with the new plans, or at least spend NO MORE than they are today on an annual basis. But reddit refuses to think for two seconds about any change a company makes, and assume it's a cash grab, and then downvote you. Like, just change the way you use the service. For fuck's sake. From what I can see: - the plans are all the same price or less, and get WAY more texts at each price level. - There is a $40 activation fee, but no $35 annual fee, so while the optimal strategy used to be to cancel in the off season, the new optimal strategy is to downgrade to the enabled plan in the off season UNLESS you only use the device a month or two a year. - For my use case with a ~6 month hiking season in my area, I spend $125/year on freedom safety with 6 on, 6 off, and the annual fee. That would now be $138/year with 6 on essential, and 6 on enabled with the added benefits of SOS working in the winter and more texts in the summer. That's a delta of $13/year and deeply into 'I couldn't possibly give a single fuck' territory. - For heavy users going from freedom expedition to premium, they'll SAVE $15/month AND pay no annual fee. This isn't a cash grab; it's a realignment to add more functionality and maybe adjust prices a little bit (there's been lots of inflation in the last few years and their prices have held steady).”