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Really cool to read about the source for the idea and how it developed over time. But it continues to be disappointing that notion’s “free for individual studen
by bnj 5y ago
Really cool to read about the source for the idea and how it developed over time. But it continues to be disappointing that notion’s “free for individual students and educators” plan only applies to colleges with a .edu domain.
I find myself really wishing that something like notion was being developed on a not for profit basis with more portability for data. I always feel the same way about Twitter; there’s so much utility being built here but the profit motive makes it hard to invest in long term because eventually it will be bought out or something else.
I mean I don’t have a solution here but it’s a shame that tools like these represent the digital public commons but they’re built and controlled by profit motivated provare entities.
- benrbray 5y agoCheck out Athens [1]. It's closer to Roam than Notion, but it's free and open source, and they seem to be headed in the right direction: [1] https://github.com/athensresearch/athens https://github.com/athensresearch/athens
- bnj 5y agoThanks for the recommendation!
- nobody0 5y agoNotion dropped block limits for free plan few years ago, so you should be able to use it for free. Though things like API and file upload limits are still there and ask for a personal paid plan.
- quenix 5y agoI just signed up to the "free for individual students and educators" plan using an .ac.uk domain (the UK equivalent of the US' .edu). Perhaps your problem is more of an edge case? What is the TLD you are trying to use?
- ThePadawan 5y ago(not parent) AFAIK .edu is used by pretty much all US universities, and very few outside the us. I went to a university that does have a .edu domain (ethz.ch is aliased as eth.edu), but that was a completely undocumented feature. You just had to be in-the-know.
- bnj 5y agoIt looks like I was wrong to assume that it was tied to the .edu domain name -- I thought notion was using that as a way to avoid pouring resources into verifying eligibility. My wider point is that it's disingenuous to have a bold heading [0] "Free for individual students and educators", and then in the FAQ lower on the page state: "You're not eligible if...you're a k-12 student or k-12 educator"[0] [0]: https://www.notion.so/product/notion-for-education https://www.notion.so/product/notion-for-education
- quenix 5y agoOh. I thought your point was that their inclusion criteria were too narrow (.edu only) and as such did not include all universities. I remember this wording irritating me when I was a k-12 student myself. I would get excited at "Free for students!" headings and then be disappointed when the discounts were in fact for higher education only. It's misleading, really.