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Really getting tired of SaaS-makers relying on serveless, not monitoring or controlling ANYTHING, and then trying to put the service they use on blast publicly
by simjnd 2y ago
Really getting tired of SaaS-makers relying on serveless, not monitoring or controlling ANYTHING, and then trying to put the service they use on blast publicly to try to negotiate themselves a special deal.
- Raed667 2y agohis app was a blog and newsletter, hardly costs $15k a year to run
- gwervc 2y agoStill, it looks like from the email that the website creator didn't read the ToS, and consistently consumed significantly more resources than allowed for a few months.
- meiraleal 2y agoReally tired of hustlers coming to defend dark patterns use.
- gruez 2y agoWhat's the "dark pattern" here? Having bandwidth caps being hidden? It's pretty visible on their pricing page[1]. Having bandwidth caps at all? [1] https://webflow.com/pricing https://webflow.com/pricing
- meiraleal 2y agoIt is pretty visible now. Was it pretty visible before? Was it the same amount when OP signed up? That's what he is arguing, it wasn't a limitation when he started to pay.
- simjnd 2y agoThey have ALWAYS been very visible. They may have changed just like the cost of the VPS or whatever infrastructure you rent may change. I'm not arguing that serverless platforms have fair pricing—I don't think they do—but I'm arguing that if you subscribe to a platform that bills on usage, it's 100% your fault if you fail to monitor your usage and get insane bills.
- StrLght 2y agoIt's not even SaaS-makers sometimes. Last time I remember it was a casino trying to get sentiment and attention so that they could continue abusing Cloudflare for $250/mo [0]. This honestly needs to stop. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808