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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by smoldesu on Monday July 12, 2021 @02:58PM (#27813725)
I'm 100% behind you on this. Worth noting that while the app does appear to be open-source, there appears to be no way for you to self-host the service at the moment. Regardless of how scammy it actually is, funneling every user into a $60/year subscription service is one of the biggest scamming tactics I've seen on the web.
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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by dkzlv on Monday July 12, 2021 @04:18PM (#27814577)
Is it a scam to charge a price for a product?

We're freemium. You're not forced to get a subscription right away. You can even use the product without it at all.

> there appears to be no way for you to self-host the service at the moment

We will provide such an option if there will be any demand. For now it would just waste a lot of our time without any real output. Still, you can do this if you want.

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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by alisonkisk on Monday July 12, 2021 @10:17PM (#27817074)
Huh? The website says "Run your own instance."
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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by smoldesu on Monday July 12, 2021 @05:16PM (#27815236)
Consider this the beginning of the demand, then: I'm not going to use this service unless I can self-host it.
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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by dkzlv on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:03PM (#27815645)
If you're interested in this, please reach me out at [email protected]. I need some more information to move it up in the backlog, maybe you could help us with that?
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Re:Google and Microsoft have opaque and unpredictable ad mod... by smoldesu on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:58PM (#27824793)
Why do I need to help you with this? Your website says that you can "run your own instance", is this false advertising or not?
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