Please read - Teamtreehouse took this thread down after my thread gained momentum re: them ripping us off

Hey Dainel,

I'm unfamiliar with your recent post. Perhaps another moderator removed it by accident.

This topic has been brought up in the past. The response from Treehouse on the matter was similar to what you posted above. I understand your frustration, especially if you had accessed some of the now higher tiered content in the past (Though this change took place months ago). It would be make sense to grant access to these courses to users who had active subscriptions before this change took place.

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for reaching out and sorry about any confusion that caused. It wasn't intended for the whole thread to become deleted, just the posts of a select individual who was inciting hate and using excessive profanity which violated section 2.3.1 of our terms and conditions.

As previously mentioned, we understand that this may not have been a popular decision for some of you, but with that said, we do strongly believe that the Basic plan needed re-organization and that certain content didn't belong there.

I'm happy to discuss the matter further with anyone over email at help@teamtreehouse.com and see if there's anything that can be worked out. Thanks for the patience and understanding.

,You could of added that functionality in the UI instead of stripping away that content from basic users and charging more money. Many students aren't using pro subscription as they can't afford it including myself and i feel it is insulting to suggest that all basic members will find the content 'frustrating' and 'confusing'. I have messaged the CEO and waiting for comment. Students respectfully request that Team Treehouse reconsiders this action.

Hey Oliver,

Hopefully you just received my Twitter DM. Apologies for the slow reply.

We're working hard to navigate this change while creating as little frustration as we can for our Students like yourself. I'm sorry that this decision affected you personally. As you've been a loyal Student for so long, I'm hoping we can figure something out for you personally. Let's carry on the conversation over Twitter DM or email.

Thank you so much for being a Student for 2+ years!

All the best, Ryan

Sorry to chime in.

I'm very new here, but I'm curious how exactly the Web Typography course can be counted as a Pro course to a high enough degree that you can justify locking it away from standard users, when the CSS Basics course instructs us to take it numerous times. I'm not just talking about one or two small references in the middle of a video, but the teacher actually makes a point of ending the videos by telling us to go and study that course.

While I understand that some topics may be more suited to only the more experienced users of the site, this seems like a key topic has been locked away for no reason other than to get people to pay extra.

Thank you for replying and fixing this issue so quickly.

I look forward to taking the Web Typography course.

While I agree that Treehouse should have AT LEAST sent an alert so that those of us without a Pro plan could have taken the courses in the period before the courses were designated as being Pro BUT I’m do believe that it makes sense for Treehouse to make some more Pro content because there isn’t very much.

hum4n01d Creating new basic/pro content and having that scheme is debatable and I can see arguments for both, but I feel that removing what was basic content and switching it over to pro is completely unjustifiable. Teamtreehouse, with all due respect, please reconsider.