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Unauthorized is back on track; paywall returns Sep. 1st
August has been a relatively quiet month on Unauthorized, as creators, viewers, and devs alike have been getting out and enjoying the dog days of summer. With global payments having returned in July, subscriptions have continued ticking upwards and the team has been able to spend some time on research and planning the future development of the platform.
While this naturally means that there aren’t many new developments to announce, we are pleased to report that the bank transfer payment system put in place last month has been successful enough to allow the reinstatement of the hard paywall. As of September 1st, an active subscription to Unauthorized will be required in order to view livestreams and/or published videos.
The plan is to give creators individual control over their content, so that certain videos of their choosing can be made available to the general public after publication. For now, livestreams will remain behind the paywall at least until the chat system has received the upgrades it is due for.
The comment system is still in development, but should become available to subscribers sometime in September. Work has been temporarily paused on the new frontend since we are pushing forward with some major backend upgrades, the purpose of which cannot yet be made public.
As always, thank you very much to all of the subscribers and especially to the non-US supporters who have made use of the new bank transfer option. It is only thanks to you that Unauthorized has survived the previous year and a half; now that we are back on our feet we look forward to hitting these next few months hard and closing out the year with a platform that is better, stronger, and more independent than ever.
For those who are still on the fence; you have until the 1st of September to decide if this is a ride you want to be part of. We strongly urge you to join the crew and subscribe to keep Vox, RazörFist, the Big Bear, and the other Unauthorized creators on the air in the face of Clown World’s censorship!
—Jordamøn
My new bank transfer payment subscription to the Darkstream was canceled by the system this month, and I had to create a new subscription to replace it (the restart option on the status page doesn't work). If this happens to other subscribers, and they don't notice it for a while, that means a reduction of income for the channel.