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Re:JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you by tomashubelbauer on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:22AM (#25941397)
Do you go to restaurants expecting to pay only the total cost of ingredients for your meal? Fastmail provides an excellent service and if anything I feel as though I underpay for what I'm getting. I'm happy to know they have a healthy margin to pay their developers from and improve the product.
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Re:JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you by eznzt on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:59AM (#25941785)
I expect to pay a reasonable price. Being overcharged by 90% is not reasonable.
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Re:JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you by marcinzm on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:02AM (#25943928)
Restaurants charge 4-5x the cost of ingredients. So I take it you never eat out?
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Re:JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you by eznzt on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:19AM (#25944243)
I have worked in one and no they don't. Most restaurants barely break even by the end of the month once you factor in all costs (like employees, rent...), which I did in the example of fastmail.
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Re:JaaS: The team that builds Jitsi can now also run it for you by marcinzm on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:28AM (#25944377)
You said marginal cost which is not all costs. Marginal cost is equivalent to ingredients and does not include fixed costs which likely make up the majority fo their expenses.
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