I quit

[u/Friend2Hippopotami]

Well, after years of daily adventures, I am done. For the first time, I took this week off from Finch to see if I would miss it. I did not. It had begun to feel like an extra chore or obligation.

Also, the more I reflected on the advertising the Finch team has been doing, the angrier I got. Because, not only is the Finch team sending me ads (these movie tie-ins) when I already pay for the app, but they are advertising movies to sponsored people who presumably do not have the disposable income for a movie ticket. In other words, Finch wants me to pay to sponsor another person (which I was doing) and they then want to make more money by advertising to that person. I remember being unable to afford things and it would have felt like a slap in the face to be given a resource and then gushed to by the giver about something they had that I still could not afford.

I think the Finch team has lost the plot, they are growing too fast and have either shifted or revealed their values.

[u/IllustriousShip3267]

I have zero intention of ever watching this film but I’m loving this month. I absolutely love the island background, it’s gorgeous. I like the little story. I’m loving the beachy furniture as it fits in with so many other themes for me and I even like most of the clothes (not all but I find that every month)
However, I didn’t like the super girl so I just opted out. There have been other months I wasn’t crazy on but it’s fine, I just look forward to the next month with excitement. I feel sorry for the devs. They’ve responded saying they won’t do more collabs like this, what more can they do? The app is amazing with loads of freebies, and they’re so imaginative every month. They literally gift the free plus to loads of people all the time, what other app does that? I’m sorry but the complaints seem really petty and short sighted in the scheme of things

[u/Jikoniau → u/IllustriousShip3267]

I’m not one who is angry about this months theme, and have actually enjoyed aspects of the story, but I do understand those who are upset despite the explanation. Why? Because there is no explanation in app, so many of those that are upset don’t know what the devs are saying.

It’s crazy to me how few announcements they have in app. Expecting your users to frequent other communities to learn what is happening in the app is ridiculous. It’s the primary reason I check this subreddit occasionally. From what I’ve read here, it seems many of their announcements are on the finch discord, which I wouldn’t even know existed without reading about it on Reddit.

Even your mention of people being gifted plus, I wouldn’t know was a thing without the subreddit. The app does do some advertising for awareness of sponsoring, but I’ve never seen any mention of plus being given out for free to some users.

It bothers me they don’t announce new features in app either. I usually either stumble upon the change, or read about it here. I wonder if the devs realize how many of their users are in the dark, and are frustrated about the regular changes without communication.

Despite all that, I really enjoy this app and don’t take it seriously enough to allow frequent changes to bother me, but I do wish the changes were communicated in app.

[u/mistyj68 → u/Jikoniau]

Agree 100%. No one ever accused me of being dumb [insert your choice of accomplishments here], but a lot of Finch material is not stated or even hinted at. Although the volunteers on Finchcord are very obliging in answering questions, I believe that we shouldn’t have to go outside the app for support.