Re:IMGZ – Paid image sharing
by PragmaticPulp on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @09:04AM
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This site is a brilliant joke because it plays to so many of the tropes that HN commenters claim to want: Paid service, no ads, cheap prices, CLI interface, Rust for safety, and a company attitude that clearly caters to the programmers who work on the site instead of the customer.
It’s like the culmination of everything HN commenters say they want out of a software company, but those who don’t get the joke absolutely hate it.
People are even complaining about the trivial $1/month or $5/year price point as being too expensive. That’s a great reminder that nearly every time someone claims “I would pay for an alternative service that isn’t ad-supported” is not actually true 95% of the time. People love free services too much.
It’s like the culmination of everything HN commenters say they want out of a software company, but those who don’t get the joke absolutely hate it.
People are even complaining about the trivial $1/month or $5/year price point as being too expensive. That’s a great reminder that nearly every time someone claims “I would pay for an alternative service that isn’t ad-supported” is not actually true 95% of the time. People love free services too much.