Show HN: Truebill – Find and track paid subscriptions, cancel with one click

Re:Show HN: Truebill – Find and track paid subscriptions, ca... by gfunk911 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:12PM (#11120899)

The idea seems great. But my spidey sense is going crazy. You want access to my financial/purchase data, and the service is free. So you will monetize ..... how?

I am 100% not saying you intend to scam or steal. But clearly access to my data is key to your eventual monetization plan, and this is a loss leader to get in the door. Since the ultimate plan is not stated, I have no choice but to imagine it, and nothing I can think of warms my heart.

The ability to feed your service with something like a periodic manual export from Mint (assuming such a thing is possible) would go a long way toward reassuring me.

Again, the core idea seems fantastic, and could save many people real money, including myself.

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Re:Show HN: Truebill – Find and track paid subscriptions, ca... by yahyam on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:20PM (#11120964)

Thanks for the kind words. Definitely understand where you're coming from in terms of security. Our plan isn't really to monetize your data, it's moreso to make intelligent recommendations that we hope our users will follow. For instance, "you're paying $10 per month for Hulu, on average users are x% more satisfied with Netflix, click here to switch from Hulu to Netflix".

We've definitely discussed the idea of a manual export/import - we may get to that in the future.

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Re:Show HN: Truebill – Find and track paid subscriptions, ca... by davemel37 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @10:35PM (#11123526)

>Our plan isn't really to monetize your data

>it's moreso to make intelligent recommendations...

That is exactly what monetizing data is!

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