大约五年前,在年复一年地订阅之后,我决定利用促销终身会员订阅的优势。我还通过购买他们的 DNA 套件更新了我的基因文件。 此后不久,Self Decode 从根本上改变了他们的网站,将单一服务划分为拆分服务,并进行一些预付费升级。起初,这些附加的付费功能只是一个小烦恼,但多年来,该网站已经演变为一堆点菜购买,以至于原来的终身会员网站几乎认不出来了。通常,当一个人升级为终身会员时,人们期望至少获得相同水平的服务,如果发生改进,那么这些通常也包括在内。有一种默契,如果我要提前付钱给你,那么以后网站上的任何东西都应该包括在内。如果您继续将网站置于越来越多的付费墙后面,那么终身会员的原始优势就变得毫无意义;当然,钱是拿不回来的。如果我在注册时错过了一些细则,那是我的错,但是,当我每年重新注册时,新信息或网站更改不需要额外费用,这些都包含在订阅中。
您现在得到的大部分报告似乎都是针对您和您的遗传学的,但其中大部分都是样板文本,这些文本通常变得非常笼统,以至于经常与其他报告中的信息发生冲突。在一份报告中考虑这么多内容,然后不要在另一份报告中考虑任何相同的内容(你明白的意思)。这些报告有时在一些建议中偏离了科学,建议采用冥想、瑜伽和其他形式的一般改进来解决真正的基因多态性问题。由于许多作者撰写这些报告,其中许多观点与其他报告不一致;在某种程度上,他们的自由职业产品似乎彼此之间或与具有规定性政策的公司无关。许多报告部分看起来像是观点而不是科学事实。
总的来说,我相信Self Hack,然后是Self Decode,最初是一家公司的好主意,但后来演变成一家对待客户相当差劲的粗略业务。我们的目标不是共同分享和学习,而是将客户作为摇钱树。 也许公司遇到了一些成长的烦恼和问题,也许需要某种重组。确实令人悲哀的是,Self Decode 似乎已经成为一项自私自利的生意。 现在我访问该网站的次数越来越少,除了看广告之外没什么可做的。
我希望公司能将此视为有用的批评。我建议他们从一开始就向他们的会员征求如何改进的建议。在我加入的这些年里,我不记得有任何客户反馈或“我们做得怎么样”的电子邮件。与订户更好地沟通是了解他们的期望并提供双方都满意的优质服务的良好第一步。祝你好运。
SelfDecode 回复2026-03-19Thank you for sharing your feedback, and we genuinely appreciate your long-term loyalty as a customer. We completely understand why the evolution of our platform might feel frustrating, and we want to take a moment to address your concerns openly and honestly.
When we originally offered lifetime memberships, we were a much smaller company with a much simpler product. At that time, we truly had no way of foreseeing the scale of innovation and entirely new product lines we would go on to build. The lifetime access you purchased was never intended as a bait and switch — it was a sincere offer for everything we had at the time, and everything we've continued to add to that core offering.
And we have added a lot. Since your purchase, we've built and included for our lifetime members at no additional cost: custom Meal Plans, Questionnaires, the Recommendations Tool, Action Plans, the Health Overview Report, Lifestyle Assessments, the Lab Test Analyzer, and thousands of new Health, Biohacker, and Trait Reports. These are meaningful additions that were never part of your original subscription, and you've had full access to all of them.
The Plus products — such as PGx Reports, the Longevity Screener, DecodyGPT, Carrier Status, and Ancestry — represent entirely separate, heavily-resourced product lines that required significant investment to develop and maintain. Including them for free across all lifetime memberships simply isn't something we're able to do while continuing to operate and grow. Our original Terms of Service, which you agreed to upon sign-up, do reflect that new products are not automatically included in prior subscriptions.
That said, as a lifetime member, you do have access to in-app discounts on these newer products — a way for us to recognize and reward the loyalty of long-standing members like yourself.
We truly value your support over the years, and we're sorry this experience has left you feeling let down. If there's anything we can help clarify or assist with, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Warm regards,
Cassie
Manager, Customer Support