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Re:How I've built a profitable Slack bot as a side project i... by farnsworthy on Monday March 19, 2018 @07:29AM (#16617618)
Companies are using this, though? The price (both annual, and the above, especially considering transaction costs) is too low!

The post says: "Abot logo is just an icon from Icons8. I have to pay $19.90/month for a license." That begins to approach professional-level pricing.

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Re:How I've built a profitable Slack bot as a side project i... by oliv__ on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:24AM (#16617815)
Not to pick on the app but with a product at such a low price, this sounds like the ideal way to bleed out a ridiculous amount of money.

Three months of that is already more money out than 2 new subscriptions bring in.

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Re:How I've built a profitable Slack bot as a side project i... by justusthane on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:52AM (#16618320)
He says in the post that he was already using that icon service for other side projects though.
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