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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by corytheboyd on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @07:58PM (#38861841)
If there are continued costs associated with running the service, sure, I’ll pay a subscription if it’s good enough. A subscription for static content is a complete and total grift. Such content should be a one-time payment, which I will happily pay if it’s good enough
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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by jen729w on Thursday January 04, 2024 @12:20AM (#38863348)
> A subscription for static content is a complete and total grift.

You're here so I'll charitably assume you've managed a web server ever.

There is no such thing as 'static'.

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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by atoav on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:57AM (#38865167)
Yes there is. And I am the admin of multiple webservers. What you are right about is that the content being static does not mean the work load is zero
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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by charles_f on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:44AM (#38865481)
If you're building a mobile app with a few noises, then it's static. You might get updates to the OS API once in a while, but there's no ongoing work. I'm fine giving you a fixed fee, as we've always done until everybody became crazy about subscriptions.
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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by matteason on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:21AM (#38864900)
I have considered adding a subscription tier called Ambiphone Minus which gets you absolutely nothing extra and may even take features away
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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by charles_f on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:00AM (#38867032)
I think I would do a donation if I use it
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Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white n... by corytheboyd on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:36AM (#38867474)
I love it haha
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