App.net was something I loved paying for, though. It came with a block of cloud storage, an ad free social network, an API for devs to build on top of... those

App.net was something I loved paying for, though. It came with a block of cloud storage, an ad free social network, an API for devs to build on top of... those three ingredients alone were fertile ground for developers to make some very engaging, unique apps. It also felt much more communal. I was a fan and definitely miss App.net