Why is it that Chess.com charges money for the basically the same features as Lichess?

true, but lichess doesn't have original videos.

Studies fe are great. Why should be the text spoken? Also there are coaches. It isnt ok to just copy code from an open source project and then sell it. Anyways, cuz people recognized that lichess is better, lichess has now more visitors and people spend more time here. Its insane what developers of lichess did for free. Thank you!

hello? Chess.com has coaches too. If it's open source then anyone could use it.

lichess has coaches and studies. the only thing it doesn't have is puzzle rush

nope, didn't you see my previous post? Chess.com has: Puzzle rush, puzzle battle, lessons, 4-player chess, articles, ORIGINAL videos and more! All of which lichess doesn't have. I'm not criticizing lichess, I'm just protecting chess.com.

studies are great though

@RangerGeek50 Yes. Chess.com has 3 or 4 variants of chess at best. Lichess has 8.

true, but chess.com has way more players so you can always find a game fast

No one's criticizing anymore?

Because people will pay, that's why.