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Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by datavirtue on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:09PM (#32615253)
Hmmm...Starbucks does this by charging me a lump sum in one transaction and then allowing me to spend it down over time in smaller chunks.

I doubt this is viable in general though, due to the cited support issues around reversibility.

Re:Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus by jwr on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @11:53AM (#32651843)
Oh, that is even worse! Only big corporations can afford to do this, as this borders on banking services and you need good legal grounding for this type of business.

I should probably clarify that by "impossible" I really meant "does not make business/economic sense". You can do microtransactions with individuals, but if you're spending €2 (rough estimate) per transaction for invoicing, accounting, VAT processing, etc, it no longer makes any sense. Thus "impossible".