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I understand the point; ideally you want to have some free content before you actually need to sign up. However, when integrating a paid solution like OpenAI fo
by s-xyz 3y ago
I understand the point; ideally you want to have some free content before you actually need to sign up. However, when integrating a paid solution like OpenAI for example, the tricky part is to limit the number of free requests to prevent going bankrupt by one user. I can imagine that this would be a potential reason to ask for a sign up.
- JohnFen 3y agoI think you might have missed the point. The complaint isn't that an email address was asked for, it's that the ask didn't happen up front. Having someone spend time doing something and then asking for an email address before giving the results is the Bad Thing here. I don't think the author would have complained if the email address was asked for prior to him starting to actually use the service.
- vishnuharidas 3y agoIt's not about being free or paid, but it's all about being honest to the users.I don't have a problem to sign up or pay for the service. But I need to know before I start using it. It's like I install a brand new text editor software, spent some time to write a story, and when click on the "save" option, it asking for the payment - that's dishonest and shows that there can be more such dishonest behaviors in the future. But if the same software asked me for a payment upfront, that's totally understandable. Or, if it said upfront that "this is a limited demo, you can save documents up to 150 words, and if you have to save larger documents, you need to pay", that's being very straightforward to the users.