Subj : Re: Proton
To   : Arelor
From : Adept
Date : Tue Mar 18 2025 09:18 pm

 Ar> On the other hand, what is worrying is the sustainability of many of
 Ar> those practices. Many users become dependant on free services that are
 Ar> no sustainable in the long run because they don't generate enough
 Ar> revenue. When the service goes down they all scramble like beheaded
 Ar> chickens.

Isn't that generally the cycle? Try to gain a large enough following by having a really pleasant-to-use product for free or cheap, then decrease the usefulness/pleasantness and increase the price?

Because, yeah, if it's a for-profit business bearing free gifts, you _know_ the deal will change.

Or else, as you say, the service will disappear.

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