>What's the advantage of using ElasticSearch and having to worry about server costs? Why not just get rid of that and charge me for the app without worrying abo

>What's the advantage of using ElasticSearch and having to worry about server costs? Why not just get rid of that and charge me for the app without worrying about never-ending costs? Because when it's a client-side only app, it's more difficult to charge for subscriptions to ensure that sweet, sweet revenue. Which appears to be the raison d'etre for most software these days. :( Besides, making it require a server pushes the hoi polloi to register to use "the cloud" (read: someone else's server) rather than just run it themselves. And if it gets big (it seems like an interesting and potentially popular app), money can be made harvesting PII from those who register. If you're the app developer, what's not to like? I'd note that the OP says the code is open source, and so should it be useful, tech folks will likely host their own servers. This comment isn't meant to denigrate or bash RSS Brain or its author. Rather, it seeks to answer Masukomi's question[0]. My analysis may be dead wrong. It seems plausible, especially since so many folks seem to want to make everything a subscription. To butcher an old quote[1]: Subscriptions are $10 here, $10 there and soon you're talking about real money. No thanks. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34190815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34190815 [1] "A billion here, a billion there and soon you're talking about real money." Usually attributed to Everett Dirksen[2], but it appears that he never said any such thing.[3] [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Dirksen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Dirksen [3] https://www.dirksencenter.org/research-collections/everett-m-dirksen/dirksen-record/billion-here-billion-there https://www.dirksencenter.org/research-collections/everett-m...