Re:Mattermost Cloud Free will no longer be offered after Jul...
by prepend on Friday April 28, 2023 @08:44AM
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I understand companies want to make money but there’s got to be a way to make cloud services so cheap to operate that free tiers are possible. I’m thinking about how cheap IRC is to run, that companies don’t care.
Theoretically, there should be ways to design software that the marginal cost to support a user is incredibly small. The issue is that there’s no money in that so open source groups who pivot to companies move away from this model to make money. And of course, I’m not willing to do it. So I just sort of lament and am great full that gnu coreutils isn’t trying to sell me some 4 hour workweek inspired $8/month plan via a stupid blog post describing the millions in value created from running ls and cd.
Theoretically, there should be ways to design software that the marginal cost to support a user is incredibly small. The issue is that there’s no money in that so open source groups who pivot to companies move away from this model to make money. And of course, I’m not willing to do it. So I just sort of lament and am great full that gnu coreutils isn’t trying to sell me some 4 hour workweek inspired $8/month plan via a stupid blog post describing the millions in value created from running ls and cd.