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Just tried to sign up with Roam to give it a spin so I could compare it with Tiddlywiki. I couldn't sign up. It forces me to give my email to subscribe to their

by elteto 7y ago

Just tried to sign up with Roam to give it a spin so I could compare it with Tiddlywiki. I couldn't sign up. It forces me to give my email to subscribe to their newsletter in order to sign up. There is no visible way to get past that newsletter screen and if I do try to subscribe it actually redirects me through some tracking site that pihole (helpfully) blocks. What an absolutely terrible design and user-hostile experience. Shame on them. They lost one possible user for sure.

nebulous1 7y ago
Well, they don't seem to have actually released it yet. You're trying to sign up for the beta.
- elteto 7y ago
  The beta is open, I just got a welcome email from my previous registration attempt. But when I attempt to login I am again forced through the newsletter sign up screen. The beta and the newsletter are two different things.
- BubRoss 7y ago
  He's not trying anymore
chachachoney 7y ago
They seem to be missing the point that the single greatest feature of text-mode interfaces is portability and not being tied to a single platform provider.