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Why would we? we make a (small) profit on these cheaper tiers. We are a sustainable and profitable company. Also the free tier wasnt cancelled very recently it
by samlambert 11mo ago
Why would we? we make a (small) profit on these cheaper tiers. We are a sustainable and profitable company. Also the free tier wasnt cancelled very recently it was 1.5 years ago so you are reaching a bit here.
- jszymborski 11mo agoA bit of unsolicited advice: This post is the first time I've heard of your company and your blog post interested me. When proprietors go to the mat in the comment section, I immediately lose any interest in patronizing them.
- samlambert 11mo agowhy is it going to the mat? i had to correct something that was untrue. 1.5 years is not very recently.
- bryanlarsen 11mo ago1.5 years ago is recently IMO.
- reducesuffering 11mo agoCase in point. Potential customers will see this dismissal as the equivalent of how long they expect this pricing to remain. You’re free to increase the price in a year and when customers are irked, “why isn’t it $5 anymore?” They’ll be met with “that’s not recent.” “That was so long ago” If you want to rebuild reputation with hobby tier, you’ll probably want to put in a 3 year pricing guarantee, not 1 month like the notice last time.
- mrbluecoat 11mo agoI think it's great evening entertainment. Keep fanning the flames while I go make some popcorn!
- beoberha 11mo agoSam is a great twitter follow
- samlambert 11mo agothank you
- selcuka 11mo agoOff-topic, but you have a typo on your pricing page: "high-availablity"
- gdulli 11mo agoI know comments section drama is fun, but I'm not seeing it here and it feels like you're trying to create it from scratch.
- TheTaytay 11mo agoHe's responding in good faith to people expressing doubt that they will maintain this pricing tier, and is responding to rebuttals. Whether you agree with his point of view is different.
- rs_rs_rs_rs_rs 11mo agoYour loss, Planetscale is an amazing product.
- randomNumber7 11mo agoWhy would a company squeeze customers after making them dependendent? Never heard of it. Also what was capitalism again?
- samlambert 11mo agothe reason we make sure all our products are gross margin positive is so this doesn't have to happen.
- randomNumber7 11mo ago[flagged]
- czl 11mo agoYour $5 plan may be gross margin positive but incentives are to push users into higher margin plans and from this pov this new plan looks much like your previous free plan which was rug pulled. Offering a free service to buy users then imposing migration costs on these users when you rug pull damaged your reputation. Next time perhaps grandfather existing users instead. If you want this new plan to be taken seriously update your terms to promise you will not rug pull again.
- debo_ 11mo agoThis is a lazy response.
- CryptoBanker 11mo agoYou currently make a small profit on cheaper tiers. Things change
- otterley 11mo agoCompute, storage, and network throughput are only getting cheaper over time. Assuming all other costs hold steady, it should only get more profitable.