Platoon temporarily moved the basic running mode of the tread + behind a pay wall for safety reasons. However, the company renounces subscription fees for three months, while it works on a solution to make the execution mode just available without membership.
The owners of the treadmill, which costs north of $ 4,000, have already been able to select an option “Just run” in order to use the machine without having to pay for the subscription of $ 39. Membership includes live classes and other workout features.
A recent update moved the Just Run button run behind the tread, which is a security feature only subscribers. A number of injuries and death have been reported in relation to the platoon rugs.
Platoon added the function of access tapes to the tape “to secure the tread + against unauthorized access.” In May, the company announced a voluntary reminder of its rolling carpets in the United States and Canada. As part of an agreement with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPCP), Platon also stated that it would no longer sell the tread or the + market in the United States after the problems of security.
The company “works on updates to the tread backup that will allow us to do a tread lock and simply operate without a platoon belonging.” He told CNBC that he raised membership fees for a few months so that they could always use their tread + meanwhile.
Yet some users have expressed anger on the move. According to PC MAG, it has been suggested that its tread + would be “a paper weight” without subscription, and other threatened by laws. While Peloton does the right thing by giving users a free band + subscription, the controversy shows that the company could have done a better job communicating with customers on this change.