When rationalizing the price for the service, you can't include server costs only. Presumably, the market for the Chumby is not expanding, because they're not s

When rationalizing the price for the service, you can't include server costs only. Presumably, the market for the Chumby is not expanding, because they're not sold any more. This means that if the proprietor has any hope of continuing to make an offering, they must do so at a price point that recovers their current investment (sounds like there was a significant re-write), and can justify the time and effort they will have to invest going forward. The community will likely shrink over time, not grow. I'd say $3/month is pretty conservative. How many Chumby users are there? How many will make the leap to the paid plan? Remember that he's offering the free tier.