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As long as the pricing is right I appreciate that alternative. We complain a lot here (and to a certain degree, righly so) here on HN about annoying ads and cr
by reitanqild 8y ago
As long as the pricing is right I appreciate that alternative.
We complain a lot here (and to a certain degree, righly so) here on HN about annoying ads and creepy tracking so I will try to e positive when someone actually honestly makes a great product and asks for money instead of trying to extract it from profiling me and selling the profile.
- ensignavenger 8y agoAre you sure that their not doing both?
- reitanqild 8y agoDefinitely not, see an article I submitted the other day for proof: ) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17940617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17940617 But: if something don't have an obvious way to monetize I fear one of three: - I'm not the user but the product - They're too idealistic and will disappear - They're looking to sell out to a bigger actor, -and then my data will be abused With an open source self hosted solution I can be somewhat safe. With a paid product there is a bigger chance they will be smart enough not to to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs by selling out their paying customers. Example where this worked: Basecamp Example where this failed: WhatsApp