User blog comment:Jkphantom9/RT First Schedule Dilemma (may or may not effect RWBY in the future)/@comment-25936766-20170404214956

This is just a cheap, typical old-school Murican tactic to "motivate" people to pay for the FIRST bonuses.

"Wanna see everything the day it comes out? Then pay up. Oh, you don't/can't pay the membership? Well, sad for you, enjoy waiting a whole week, trying to avoid spoilers and everything, incapable of discussing anything about it. And smile when you see that the day you can see the episode, the next one's already out".

It's just greedy bullshit.

Not to mention how it would affect the Wiki, especially the Spoilers. Unless the Wiki decides to just give up and add what normally would be Spoilers (even if not including images) to the articles, everyone who isn't a FIRST member would be unable to discuss anything for a whole week, and by the time they can, people have moved on and are discussing something else.

But the good thing is, where there is greed, there are other means. If they really apply that schedule to RWBY, it's very likely that someone, somewhere, will upload the episode so people can watch it for free. While some people would do this regardless of the schedule, shit like this only motivates them.