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Your experience isn't better, except in the degree that the user base benefits from the increased morale, motivation, and time and monetary resources of the bus
by cookiecaper 12y ago
Your experience isn't better, except in the degree that the user base benefits from the increased morale, motivation, and time and monetary resources of the business owner. I think this is too intangible to really quantify. I suppose you also benefit from the health of the service's reputation -- if ngrok becomes known primarily for hosting illegal content, it'll most likely be blocked in a way that seriously harms the service you host through it.
Patrick is definitely right that it's nice to be able to avoid widespread abuse as a business owner so that you don't have to deal with the cops, etc., but that doesn't have a direct effect on the users.
- 8ig8 12y agoMe, being a dick (trying to make a point)... Does your mom give a shit about the so called user base? I'm a customer. I don't give a shit about the 'user base'. I don't even know what that means. I need run a test on some mobile layouts from my desktop. All this other BS means nothing to me right now. Why is this different from selling detergent in Target?
- inportb 12y agoYou're a customer. You don't give a shit about the 'user base'. You don't even know what that means. You need to wash some clothes at home. All this other BS means nothing to you right now. So you head over to Mallwart for some free detergent. Because you could jump right in without creating an account or taking your credit card out of your wallet, you have a vastly improved shopping experience compared to, say, buying detergent at Target. That's the difference. Putting up a paywall limits abuse at the expense of shopping experience.