April Fools Day Joke: A Chance To Reaffirm Our Mission

Yesterday’s post nailed it: we pranked the community and said that starting today Whyd would be a $20/month subscription. We scared some people, which means that the April Fools joke totally worked. 

Of course, those who know us saw immediately that we were playing around, Whyd is not going to become some expensive platform for the rich, Whyd is about sharing music, no matter which platform you use, no matter where you are in the world. Music is universal, and so is Whyd. 

As we’ve said over and over again, Whyd is a community, brought together by our common love. Our mission is to create a world wide soundsystem featuring the best of the newest music and the coolest music lovers around. We’re thankful that we’ve already come so far, and we can’t wait to see where we will all go next. 

Never stop jamming

Starting Tomorrow: Whyd Will Be $20/month For Unlimited Access

Being a trendy music lover is not cheap. The number of concerts that we attend is staggering, plus add in the obligatory vinyl collection, cool T-shirts from random bands, and our Spotify subscriptions, and you know what? That adds up. So you probably wont even notice this change on Whyd tomorrow, but we wanted to be honest and upfront:

Starting tomorrow, to access your music collection, you will have to pay $20 per month and a $50 one-time sign up fee. That might sound like a lot, but it’s better than paying $30 per month with a $100 sign up fee. Plus it’s dollars, so chill out Europeans.

Here’s why: the members of the Whyd team are really not making enough money (I mean we barely have enough to travel to South America for vacation multiple times in the same year, how inhumane is that?). We have been busting our balls for the past years and all we can show for it are some free CDs that we can’t even listen to on our MacBook Airs.  

Really, you are fortunate, because also starting tomorrow, new users will have to submit a full profile review to the NSA and PRISM before being accepted. You’re already spending so much money on music, so why not let us get our piece of the pie? 

We knew you would understand. 

Never stop jamming, as long as you can afford it.