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Re:Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without ... by gu009 on Thursday April 02, 2026 @01:42AM (#47610390)
> Sell it for as long as it works.

I agree with this in principle, but this seems conceptually at odds with selling lifetime licenses (which this product does). The lifetime license option reads like a statement of intention that they'll be around for a long time, but when the TOS of the underlying services come into play as they do here, offering (or buying) a lifetime license seems like a gamble.

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Re:Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without ... by jstummbillig on Thursday April 02, 2026 @02:10AM (#47610554)
How about: The creator is trying to make some money and is not super concerned with the long view. For-profit activist software.
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Re:Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without ... by trinix912 on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:41AM (#47611663)
It's still questionably legal (at least here in Europe) to sell a yearly subscription for something and then have it stop working halfway through the year.

They should probably care about not getting sued so easily.

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Re:Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without ... by duskdozer on Thursday April 02, 2026 @08:41AM (#47613692)
> [for the] lifetime [of the current version of the service]

>unlimited data [up to a certain limit]

> ~~no~~ gimmicks

I'm sure I'm missing some

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