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Not trying to be funny, but if you're on a 'free forever' plan and happy with it there's already a close-to-0% chance they'll get any money off you...

• maleldil 3y ago
  There could still be word of mouth that leads to paying customers. Or circumstances change and the paid plans are worth it for previously free customers.
• juliusgeo 3y ago
  Most of my recommendations for services to use come from my friends who have either used that service on a free plan, or a paid plan. It matters very little in terms of the network effects of their service whether or not you're on a "free plan". See GitHub's free subscriptions of CoPilot for open source contributors.
• pikdum 3y ago
  Probably not from my personal use, no. But for company use, I'd rather pay for something I'm happy with using personally or have had good experiences with in the past, rather than rolling the dice on something unknown.
• bombcar 3y ago
  I have had my company purchase company plans for products I use as free or free for personal use. I will never recommend Google Apps for Domains or whatever it is called now after they dicked around.
  • rootw0rm 3y ago
    Google Workspace...the one that they let us beta test for free starting like a decade ago? they rolled out a free opt-in after announcing the move to discontinue the free service. here's a cropped screenshot i just took of my control panel: https://ibb.co/nPfLRKK https://ibb.co/nPfLRKK
• eviks 3y ago
  You might be happy, but then hit a free limit and decide to pay to be even more happy The chance is low, but not that close to 0%
• bdcravens 3y ago
  Then why offer it to begin with? Presumably a company does so because there's some form of value for them.
  • orbz 3y ago
    During early development you get feedback (both actively and passively), and if you’re raising funds it gives you inflated metrics and indication of PMF. At later stages those are less valuable, so they might not be getting value out of it anymore.