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$2/month is only if you give in to pressure sales tactics and register your account before tomorrow.

• gk1 6y ago
  > pressure sales tactics They are offering a life-long 80% discount for early registrants, with one month's notice. That is quite generous. To twist that into a "pressure sales tactic" is one of the most HN things I've heard.
  • fuzxi 6y ago
    They sent an email every 1-2 days since the announcement of the price change. After a week or so, they changed the email category from "Promotions/Marketing" to "Important Account Information", so they could respect user email settings while still spamming them daily about the pricing offer. To me, being asked, "Hey are you gonna buy this? You've only got a month, come on, buy it already!" on a daily basis qualifies as a pressure sales tactic, no matter how good the deal may be.
  • Raphmedia 6y ago
    Why only make it one month's notice with a big countdown at the top of the website and pretty much daily emails? I have an email that says "Upgrade to Pro before your Applets are archived" and then one for 12 days remaining, one for 9 days remaining... 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and finally 1 day remaining. Imagine if this was the sales page for the newest iPhone with a "discount for existing customers" and only one month to use the discount. The entire internet would be up in arms. Pressure doesn't mean that their product does not have any worth. In fact, I subscribed to it. It just means that they used pressure to close the sale.