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I bought "lifetime hosting" from Joyent. They cancelled the deal after about seven years, then fobbed us off onto a spinoff shell company that imploded even bef
by velcrovan 7y ago
I bought "lifetime hosting" from Joyent. They cancelled the deal after about seven years, then fobbed us off onto a spinoff shell company that imploded even before it launched.
- Stratoscope 7y agoFor the curious: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Textdrive https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Textdrive
- smhenderson 7y agoOT but is it just me or algolia down today? I tried a search earlier and just now clicked your link. I'm getting... We're sorry — something's gone wrong. Our team has been notified and will look into resolving this issue! Go back to home page
- wlesieutre 7y agoI see deals all the time for VPN companies selling "lifetime subscriptions." Always have to remember it's talking about the lifetime of the company, not the customers. I'd love to know what the average length of those ends up being. A year? Three? Looking at you, FastestVPN, KeepSolid VPN, VPNSecure, SaferVPN, Ivacy VPN, VPN Unlimited, VeePN, etc. It'd be more believable if they'd offer bargains on a multi-year subscription. Selling a lifetime subscription to something with operating costs reeks of "We're going to run out of money, how can we scrape some funds together and keep afloat a little longer? We'll deal with long term consequences later if we haven't gone bankrupt."