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Over all, I like how it looks, but the price seems high. $3 a month is almost as much as I pay for email service. Plus it seems weird to double drip. I’m alrea
by Kluggy 3y ago
Over all, I like how it looks, but the price seems high. $3 a month is almost as much as I pay for email service.
Plus it seems weird to double drip. I’m already subscribed to you for the email service and you want me to almost double that price for a client to use it?
Will the existing Fastmail app be deprecated to force folks to the new subscription app?
- baggachipz 3y agoThe price is a deal-breaker for me. It's borderline insulting, having to pay a subscription fee for an already-paid email service. Were it a value-add, it'd be compelling. -- edit -- Turns out it's not made by Fastmail, it just uses "Fastmail's standard" of JMAP. I'm still not going to pay a monthly subscription for it; a one-time fee would be much more palatable IMO.
- mcpeepants 3y agothis isn't a first-party app for Fastmail, at least afaict. I had the same initial reaction before realizing this. (I still have the same reaction to the pricing... but at least it's not double dipping by Fastmail themselves)
- internalfx 3y agoIs this actually made by Fastmail? It doesn't look like it.
- mk89 3y agoI honestly think removing Fastmail from the title would be waaay better for everyone. Some people even wondered if an email account is included in the price... (because of, ... Fastmail in the title). Anyway, they only refer to JMAP which was created apparently by Fastmail. It has nothing to do with the company, besides using their open email API protocol.
- pembrook 3y ago$3/month? Seriously? Does nobody here see the irony of being a community of people who make their income working in software that refuses to pay even $3/month for software? Ditto for the universal hatred of ad-based business models. This is why the consumer market for software is basically non-existent. Consumers value their time at $0 so they get free tools subsidized by intrusive ads or expensive hardware. Businesses make more rational decisions with their time and resources. To the developer of this cool product, I recommend targeting B2B instead.
- Longlius 3y agoSubscription models are cancer. Sell me a license for a flat cost and stop wasting my time.
- pembrook 3y agoWhere do you work? How does the business that pays your salary make its money? Do they pay you for your efforts on a subscription based model or a one time-payment + ownership model?
- freetanga 3y agoI bought my house. I bought my car. I bought my laptop. I bought my servers. I don’t need to pay for them every month. In broad terms I am tired of having to make a paycheck every month and having a long list of companies wanting to take a slice from it for “making my life magically better”. Hidden price hikes, dark patterns to cancel, etc.
- pembrook 3y agoYou haven’t addressed any of my questions, but I’ll play along. Im also tired of having to pay my employees a slice of my revenue every month for “making my business magically better.” Hidden salary demands, dark patterns to fire them, etc. I own my car. I own my laptop. Why can’t I own you? I guess what I’m saying is, why do you think the code you write for your employer deserves to be sold on a subscription model (salary) —- yet you don’t afford the same opportunity to indie developers?