Without sugar coating, let me just say that this is really a nasty move, primarily because AgileBits is a shady company (though it has a good enough product) th

Without sugar coating, let me just say that this is really a nasty move, primarily because AgileBits is a shady company (though it has a good enough product) that uses dark patterns to lure people to buy subscriptions and makes people jump through hoops to find the standalone version. Putting such a company in front of thousands of users is a nasty way to treat his site's visitors, IMO. In the blog post, Troy says the cost of HIBP is more than a few coffees, but am not sure if that's per day or per week. Hopefully the latter. Someone in his position wouldn't feel the pinch, as he himself states that "the time commitment" is what concerns him more. Regardless, his effort and time are worth paying for so that more people can benefit from the service. My contention is that AgileBits is not the right entity to partner with to get some money for this service. He also hasn't yet talked about the long term plans for HIBP, though people have asked him about the "bus factor" currently being 1. He's said he'd write about it soon. If he's going to hand over management of HIBP to AgileBits, that would make it look really weird and remove at least some of the trust that HIBP now commands. Wish he had put up some fundraising page or an annual fundraiser — given his fame in tech circles, I'm sure that would've gotten more money than necessary to run HIBP and to pay for his time. Wish he had planned to hand over HIBP to a set of individuals (not companies) for long term care. Alas, what a sad move!