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0 pointsseibelj6y ago0 comments

Why? It's their business. You didn't sign a contract saying "free for life". It's sad, but there is no free lunch, and you shouldn't build your own business off the assumption that some resource will be free forever.

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donmcronald6y ago

Free tiers are just another type of market research where the company is collecting data to determine the stickiest features.

$8 (or less) per month to keep using the feature with competition (sending). $35 a month to keep using the feature without competition (receive filtering and forwarding). Is that a coincidence?

chiefalchemist6y ago

Features and bugs. The free tier is closer to unpaid beta testers, except the free tier comes with minimal support.

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donmcronald6y ago

Free tiers are just another type of market research where the company is collecting data to determine the stickiest features.

$8 (or less) per month to keep using the feature with competition (sending). $35 a month to keep using the feature without competition (receive filtering and forwarding). Is that a coincidence?

chiefalchemist6y ago

Features and bugs. The free tier is closer to unpaid beta testers, except the free tier comes with minimal support.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse