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This peaked my interest until I saw: "Requires [paid] Nebula Membership". I see zero reason that I should need to pay them a subscription when all I want is a
by jbstack 3y ago
This peaked my interest until I saw:
"Requires [paid] Nebula Membership".
I see zero reason that I should need to pay them a subscription when all I want is a one-off product. Sure, I can see the use in being alerted when new genetic diseases are discovered, but that should be my choice. It's frustrating that everything is becoming subscription based these days.
- hh3k0 3y agoThey offer a life-time membership that requires a one-time payment.
- jbstack 3y agoA life-time membership costs 12 - 23 times more than the monthly subscription fee depending which package you choose. I'm not sure that paying a huge lump sum for a subscription I don't want is a good alternative to taking a monthly subscription that I don't want.
- etdr 3y agoGenerally agree with this, though they do frequent sales that bring the lifetime price down substantially. For myself, I thought that the bundled sequencing plus lifetime membership ($400) was fair just for the sequencing itself, so I didn't mind too much.
- sitharus 3y agoYou don't need to keep paying, you can just get a one-month subscription and download your genome once it's sequenced. The subscription is just for the alerting.