This looks all very promising, and I'm looking forward to trying it out! It's clear there's a lot of hard work in this, and I'm confident it is a big step forward for the users and the app.
I usually ride alone, and when not, I am always the only MRA user; so for me personally, the social features like messages and group riding etc. are not appealing (I have no doubt they're for others!)... But what I really want to try is the AI Routeplanner, and I like the weather forecast along the road a lot! So, in order to try those, I need to sign up (pay) for the beta, if I'm not mistaken.
@corjan-meijerink If I remember correctly, it is stated on the beta website that AI planner will not be part of the functionality that beta testers (that already were lifetime gold and lifetime mra navigation users) get to "keep" forever; but what about the weather feature? One of those (or both) would make me sign up happily, while "just" group-riding and collaboration, for me personally with my "solo riding profile", would not justify the fee.
Edit: I just revisited the beta website that weather along the road is part of the AI planner and thus excluded from the things beta testers will keep. So I'm hoping that there is going to be an AI planner lifetime offer/one-time fee rather than a subscription.