Re:Show HN: Dffer – Get notified when a website changes
by aakilfernandes on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:14PM
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There are some users who would actually rather pay $5/mo than use a free service. Thats because paying money gives the impression (real or not) that the service is more likely to stick around and be fixed when it goes down.
Re:Show HN: Dffer – Get notified when a website changes
by devdad on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:39PM
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For me, $5 for not having to setup cronjobs is worth it.
Re:Show HN: Dffer – Get notified when a website changes
by awill on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:18PM
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I don't think price is about the task (cronjobs), it's about how you value the output.
If I'm using cronjobs for some trivial unimportant task (like checking for firmware updates), I am not willing to pay. If I'm using cronjobs for super important competitive analysis, sure I'd pay.
I wonder whether this sort of freemium model works, because there are some people who's use case (like mine) absolutely isn't worth spending money on, but I'd like more than 3 checks for free. Obviously I'll take a worse UI that's free over spending money on such a ridiculously simple app. I could literally buy an EC2 instance just to run 10-20 daily cron jobs for less than signing up for Dffer.
My use case is to use trackly.io to see when new firmware/software updates come out for devices I own. But of course, that's never something I'd be willing to pay for.