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Anytime you use a free service, you do so with the full knowledge that this is the likely eventual outcome. I'm amazed that people are still so 'shocked and ou
by JohnTHaller 13y ago
Anytime you use a free service, you do so with the full knowledge that this is the likely eventual outcome. I'm amazed that people are still so 'shocked and outraged' every single time something like this happens.
- greenyoda 13y agoTo be fair, paid services can also go out of businesses abruptly. There's really no substitute for keeping backups of your own data.
- wonderzombie 13y agoWhy would this be intrinsic to a free service? "As of $date, our pricing tier no longer allows for $X GB of data. You have until $otherdate to upgrade before we delete the difference." "We're shutting down so here's a refund. Oh, and we're going offline immediately. Bye!" A subscription or paid option doesn't make a business solvent even a little bit. It might be easier, but the business model must still be sustainable & viable.
- JohnTHaller 13y agoTrue. But when a company is giving you something for free, it's absurd to expect that company to keep giving it to you. It could disappear at any moment and you don't really have a leg to stand on in terms of wanting any more from them.
- ubernostrum 13y agoAs noted in another comment, paid customers who put up developer-education material have also been shut down, since they're no longer the type of content Blip wants to have.