Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively impacted your family life

Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by Eggsellence on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:24PM (#37760498)

I've been Todoist user for many years, premium user as of this year. As well as reminders, tasks, and appointments, I use it to quickly take notes, record thoughts, etc.

It's been great until this week when I hit their ridiculously low limit: 300. That's not many tasks/notes, especially as each sub task is counted individually too.

Why is it so low? I'm a paying user. I'm probably burdening their servers with all of 10kB of text! It's such a gut punch, it makes me regret paying for it a little, just because of how petty and hostile it comes across and because of how needlessly disruptive it is to my usage.

If anyone from Todoist happens to see this, please bump that up by an order of magnitude or two. For premium users, at least. It's awful. It breaks your product for me.

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by biztos on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @02:44AM (#37761653)

I recently started using Todoist (Pro account) and never heard of these limits, but indeed here they are:

https://todoist.com/help/articles/todoists-limits-for-tasks,...

I haven’t got my projects fully populated yet but 300 is definitely possible for some, eventually.

When I look at the enumerated limits I suspect a code/database issue rather than bean-counter logic… surely you can pack a whole lot of text into your cloud sync for 5 USD per month less Apple tax?

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by stranded22 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @06:59AM (#37763397)

If you have 300+ tasks / notes, I’d look at separating the notes out… I expect there are better note oriented apps.

I used to use todoist but now use TickTick- similar but with some extra features. The non-premium is awful though, you have to sign up for a proper workable product (it is cheaper than todoist)

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by OJFord on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:19AM (#37764062)

What's awful with non-premium TickTick? I've been considering paying just to support it, not aware of a feature or limitation driving me to.

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by stranded22 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:29AM (#37764138)

Give it a shot - you’ll see the difference. It is a completely different experience

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by tomcam on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:39AM (#37765010)

Objection, Your Honor. Non-responsive.

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by OJFord on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:11AM (#37766334)

So you paid for premium for the sake of it in order to decide:

> The non-premium is awful though, you have to sign up for a proper workable product

? Ignorance is bliss, I guess, I'll stay as I am thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by syncbehind on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:41AM (#37766800)

I really REALLY wish TickTick had a two-way calendar sync with anything. That's the one thing keeping me with Todoist. I think they were talking about implementing it eventually. Did this ever come to fruition?

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Re:Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively im... by OJFord on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @12:44PM (#37767860)

It does CalDAV sync, I assume that must be two-way, I've not used it. That might require premium actually.

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