> Investors were like LOL, have a nice day (especially if you have poor traction). And yah it’s just something I avoid now.. if you’re going to make something t

> Investors were like LOL, have a nice day (especially if you have poor traction). And yah it’s just something I avoid now.. if you’re going to make something that helps people, charge for it. This times a million. I've been burned so many times I use as few "free" services as possible, and nothing critical ever goes on one. > Note: I’m gonna get crap about this probably.. I’m not saying this can’t work, obviously it has worked for a lot of companies and continues to. It continues to work because the bubble is still holding. Eventually when privacy regulations finally go into effect, that decades worth of millions of users data that every startup trades around in back rooms is going to be effectively worthless. I suspect a lot of companies will be shifting to subscription models once we finally end open season on spying.