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Disclaimer: I run a competing service. I’m sad to see Wesabe go; I thought they seemed to get the human aspect of running a service right, and they were forwar
by rendezvouscp 16y ago
Disclaimer: I run a competing service.
I’m sad to see Wesabe go; I thought they seemed to get the human aspect of running a service right, and they were forward-thinking with regard to user privacy and making an API available.
However, the fact that they’re going to open-source their software should be a great thing for consumers and startups in the personal finance space. I’d say that automatic updating is the biggest pain (so big I’m not even trying to tackle it right now); the fact that software for automatic updating will be available under an Apache license should definitely stir things up.
- kaiserama 16y agoDo you have any information about the automatic updating? I had been interested in their API that seemed to have disappeared (now I know why). Also do you have a link to your site? edit I found the information, here: https://www.wesabe.com/groups/222-wesabe-accounts-shutdown/discussions/5216-wesabe-open-source https://www.wesabe.com/groups/222-wesabe-accounts-shutdown/d...
- rendezvouscp 16y agoYeah, while they haven’t specifically laid out what they’re going to open-source, Marc said in that thread that it’ll be released under an Apache license and that accepting bank passwords is a security concern, so presumably they’re going to release the auto-updating code. My app is called Iron Money: https://ironmoney.com/ https://ironmoney.com/.