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I thought that was clever (and got you some good press) for Pinboard. Have you seen that in use by other apps?

• idlewords 17y ago
  The Tarsnap guy (cperciva) who appears here sometimes runs a paid beta, which is close in spirit. I haven't seen anyone else use a straight-up gatekeeping fee before. That idea came from joshu.
  • cperciva 17y ago
    The Tarsnap guy (cperciva) who appears here sometimes runs a paid beta, which is close in spirit. I'm confused. How is tarsnap similar to charging a signup fee for an otherwise free service?
    • idlewords 17y ago
      If I'm not mistaken, you don't offer any kind of trial account? The similarity is in launching a service that requires people to pay money up front before they can use it.
      • cperciva 17y ago
        Well... yes, ok. I guess I'm just old fashioned: I didn't see "not providing a service for free" as being a particularly notable point. :-)
        • idlewords 17y ago
          Isn't it crazy?