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>Users will invest their time and resources into using your product based on the promise that it’s free forever. Unless you're a naive new entrant into the rea
by Dalewyn 4y ago
>Users will invest their time and resources into using your product based on the promise that it’s free forever.
Unless you're a naive new entrant into the real world who doesn't know better, it's on you if you're fooled into thinking something is "free forever".
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
- orphea 4y agoYou resort to victim blaming. Words should have meaning, you know? If there is no such thing as a free lunch, then you should not be allowed to offer free lunches.
- Dalewyn 4y agoThe saying goes that if you're fooled twice, you're the one to be shamed. The world isn't a nice place filled with unicorns and fairy dust, unfortunately.
- eredengrin 4y agoTotally agree. In fact for myself, if a company is offering a free service, especially one that has significant cost on their end (bandwidth, compute, and storage are common cases), it's somewhat of a red flag to me. Too many things in tech have been "free" only to discover years later the negative consequences either for their business (which is ultimately bad for me as a user) or for society as a whole (which is also bad for me as a member of society). I much prefer transparent and sustainable business models that aren't based on some handwavy explanation that the free users will somehow lead to a bunch of paid users and that's how they'll make money Soon.