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Is anybody aware why they're limiting this to paid plans? I'd be on one if there was a benefit besides private repos, which have no use to me.
by akerl_ 13y ago
Is anybody aware why they're limiting this to paid plans?
I'd be on one if there was a benefit besides private repos, which have no use to me.
- timdorr 13y agoPresumably, if you're going to need the level of access provided by this program, you're probably building something that makes some amount of money. That would make purchasing a paid plan worthwhile, even if all your repos are public.
- byroot 13y agoWell, I don't see why Travis-CI, for example, would have to go on a paid plan to be part of the program. They are first class users of the GitHub APIs but it make no sense to be on a paid plan for them.
- Argorak 13y agoWhy? Travis has tons of closed stuff running their paid product. So they are probably paying customers anyways.
- seiji 13y agoIn a company, many conversations start this way: "Hey, we need more paid accounts. How can we further incentivize people to sign up?" Maybe having a paid account has more utility to you with this added feature? Maybe you should sign up and try it out hint hint nudge nudge?
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- Argorak 13y agoAnother question is: "Hey, we want to provide a good program, but how do we make sure only to people with serious interest sign up?" Restricting to paying customers is a good way of weeding out people that just sign up because there is a free sign-up form.