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Slack but better UX/pricing, sure, but the real reason everyone is on Slack is network effects and integrations. External partners force you onto Slack even if
by with 9mo ago
Slack but better UX/pricing, sure, but the real reason everyone is on Slack is network effects and integrations. External partners force you onto Slack even if you hate the pricing, and there is other lock-in (CI/CD webhooks, monitoring alerts, support ticketing).
I like the concept, but there are reasons why everyone doesn't just switch to something like https://once.com/campfire https://once.com/campfire which is self-hostable and completely free.
- striking 9mo agoI think Campfire used to have a one-time cost of $200 or something per domain, when did it switch to being free? Edit: found it, it was in August 2025 https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire/commit/df76a227dc19cd39cad9f560d61c0f27117365cf https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire/commit/df76a227dc1...
- with 9mo agoI actually just learned that from visiting now, haha. It's surprising.
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