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Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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Imagine saying this about a native application like it's some special feature. Web 'apps' are terrible in so many ways.

Why would you think native applications do not track you? They do. And they have way more insight into your world then a web app.

What exactly is a native app going to 'track'? It has zero access to your browser.

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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This is neat. Can I pay a one time fee to run the service myself? Just a simple container or package of some sort.

This seems like a neat product, but it’s better for me as a user to pay some amount once than 4/month forever. I want to encourage you to keep building the software, but have to keep my list of monthlies really small.

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you think native applications do not track you? They do. And they have way more insight into your world then a web app.

What exactly is a native app going to 'track'? It has zero access to your browser.

A native app on windows have full access to your computer and can track just about everything from what you click in the app to passwords entered in other apps and websites.

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you think native applications do not track you? They do. And they have way more insight into your world then a web app.

What exactly is a native app going to 'track'? It has zero access to your browser.

When you open the app, when you close it, which button you press, which device you are on, which ip address this device is using ... there's a whole lot of things that fall under the general term "tracking".

There can be arguments made about if this is good/bad/neccessary/terrible/etc. but it's easily possible and done all the time.

Google Analytics makes it easy for example: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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post #22

This is neat. Can I pay a one time fee to run the service myself? Just a simple container or package of some sort. This seems like a neat product, but it’s better for me as a user to pay some amount once than 4/month forever. I want to encourage you to keep building the software, but have to keep my list of monthlies really small.

Thank you very much.

We are thinking about offering a lifetime membership plan, but need to figure out the details first. How much would you be willing to pay for a lifetime licence?

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you think native applications do not track you? They do. And they have way more insight into your world then a web app.

What exactly is a native app going to 'track'? It has zero access to your browser.

I just had a look at my macOS firewall (Hands Off) and can count at least 15 seemingly-native apps being blocked from accessing www.google-analytics.com.

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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post #22

This is neat. Can I pay a one time fee to run the service myself? Just a simple container or package of some sort. This seems like a neat product, but it’s better for me as a user to pay some amount once than 4/month forever. I want to encourage you to keep building the software, but have to keep my list of monthlies really small.

Regarding ideas on how to charge, I like how https://sketchapp.com handles this. Instead of charging $799 like the old Adobe Photoshop days, they charge a lower one-time price that receives updates for a year. You can choose to stay at that price or upgrade. You also don't need to back pay for years you skip if you choose to upgrade again.

Re: Show HN: Feediary – RSS reader with zero tracking and zero ads

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post #22

This is neat. Can I pay a one time fee to run the service myself? Just a simple container or package of some sort. This seems like a neat product, but it’s better for me as a user to pay some amount once than 4/month forever. I want to encourage you to keep building the software, but have to keep my list of monthlies really small.

Thank you very much. We are thinking about offering a lifetime membership plan, but need to figure out the details first. How much would you be willing to pay for a lifetime licence?

What I would like to see is a membership where the price drops each year.

First year, it's $5/month. Second, it's $4. Third year, it's $3. And so on. Ideally it's free year 6 and from then on as long as you have an active account. But it could be $1/year.

I already have enough things I have to pay for every month for the rest of my life.

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