Best Of

You cannot tell people to calm down when your initial message was nothing but calm… You did not try to discuss solutions at all.. you just starting with a degrading tone and continued to blame people instead of understanding what the real issue here was… I cannot take anything you say seriously…

Can’t have a civil discussion when OP opens with “stop yapping” and LOLing at people whose livelihoods are being flushed down the toilet.

Your observations are correct, but your conclusions are wrong. Udemy’s heavy discount strategy has impacted customers‘ willingness to pay long before ChatGPT even existed. They conditioned students to buy only during discount times, for discount prices. And THAT’S why there is no platform that successfully sells $100 courses. Yes, it is easy to sell a $12 course to 100 people but the long-term consequences should have been clear: people expect to get high-quality education for a low price, and that’s not ChatGPT‘s fault, because every person who has ever asked this tool a complex question knows that it does not substitute or replace a true subject matter expert’s explanation. It‘s Udemy‘s fault because they demonstrate to the audience that our knowledge is worth a few dollars, and then they put 90% of those few dollars into their own pockets. Please educate yourself on online teaching, Udemy, market dynamics, and the consequences of pricing strategies, before you share your bold takes, because your arguments don’t really add up.

Could you be any more condescending?

When there is a lot of pent up frustration, over many years, complaints are natural !
We should not take it out on Udemy employees, by being rude or nasty to them. And too much negativity is counterproductive, so it's important to try and stay positive and constructive, especially in our criticism !

That said, I can fully empathize with the frustration, anger, and disappointment, 100% ! Many of us have worked quite hard to get here, and continue to do so. To see revenues constantly dwindling, for no fault of ours, and not see any of the promised returns, will make anyone angry and frustrated !

Learn how things work before lecturing.