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Has there been any indication that they may gate new versions or features behind more expensive plex pass subscriptions?
Posted by
abashore on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:28AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I'm a cloud engineer expecting my first child in a few weeks and I'm trying to find a good way to semi-privately share pictures with family members located across the globe. (Parents/Grandparents)Ideally I would like 5-6 digital picture frames I can setup/distribute as gifts, and a way to singularly upload a picture(s) that will cast to all devices. The ability to remotely manage the frames...
They certainly can (and probably should) charge for the api. The problems we see now are the communications surrounding it, the price and the timeline.
A lot of those mods held polls in their communities and among their peers before going dark. I don't think the large subreddits are getting unilaterally shut down.
Harm to the brand is hard to quantify. We can only assume they've done the calculus and decided freezing out 3rd party apps is worth the benefit. Knowing exactly what that benefit is, is conjecture. Best guess is that this is regarding the IPO which is expected in 2nd half of this year.
They can be forcefully re-opened at any time. Based on the internal memo, they don't appear to be taking this seriously enough to warrant that kind of action.
Alamo Drafthouse offers a lot of this.
Offtopic: is there an on-prem alternative for Discord? Is there not a demand for SSO enabled, self hosted, open source communications app with persistent voice chat channels with pushtotalk?
Posted by
abashore on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @08:37AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I've had my gmail account for as long as I can remember but I'm looking to switch. What does HN use for personal email with regards to privacy, spam protection and features?
He said he spent around $1000 on failures and tools. If he had done it perfectly the first time it would've cost him around $300.