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This is very cool! My question is, is this really free? If so, how and why? It seems like it was a ton of work to build and presumably you could monetize it so
by YPCrumble 9y ago
This is very cool!
My question is, is this really free? If so, how and why? It seems like it was a ton of work to build and presumably you could monetize it somehow - is that just something you're planning to do later on? If it gets a lot of users, how will you pay the (albeit small) server costs? I'm curious.
Thanks again for building it!
- robinhood 9y agoIt's free for now. I wanted first to see if there is an interest. The product is open source, so it'll be free forever anyway. I like the GitLab approach - free for everyone, but perhaps put some way to monetize this. I just have NO idea how. I honestly didn't think about it, because I wanted to have a side project that would be useful for people, and I don't know if people need this.
- fnordfnordfnord 9y agoI think some may fear it for one of the natural monetization routes for a product like this, selling the personal info to marketers, intel-companies, credit agencies, etc.
- robinhood 9y agoOh, and server costs is Linode (love Linode) on their 10$ monthly plan. This kind of product does not need expensive server anyway, it's pretty basic.
- bshimmin 9y agoIt seems to me like the kind of thing where a 30 day free trial followed by a small monthly fee ($5? I don't know, something in that ballpark perhaps) might work - if people enjoy using it and become dependent on it during the trial, at least a portion of them will be okay with paying afterwards.