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The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

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Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#91
Remy, I'm sorry. JSBin is my favorite live JS environment, and I use it several times a week, and I haven't paid a thing. That's not fair to you.

I'm also sorry that I haven't sent the emails that probably still sit in my drafts folder, because I think that the JSBin genre of software development tools has a very bright future - and I encourage you to not give up.

For now, is it at all possible to just send you $100 via paypal?

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#92
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How would the EU enforce VAT requirements on an online business based in the U.S.? If I have an online business in the US and no presence in the EU and no intention to ever go to the EU, I don't have to charge VAT, right?

EU thinks you have to pay VAT if you sell to European countries of course (otherwise it would be unfair competition vs European businesses) by means of VATMOSS but I am not sure if they have any way to enforce or if they could have any kind of jurisdiction over you.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#93

Remy, I'm sorry. JSBin is my favorite live JS environment, and I use it several times a week, and I haven't paid a thing. That's not fair to you. I'm also sorry that I haven't sent the emails that probably still sit in my drafts folder, because I think that the JSBin genre of software development tools has a very bright future - and I encourage you to not give up. For now, is it at all possible to just send you $100…

<3 there's a "keep me honest: donate" button at the bottom of my blog.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#94

Remy, I'm sorry. JSBin is my favorite live JS environment, and I use it several times a week, and I haven't paid a thing. That's not fair to you. I'm also sorry that I haven't sent the emails that probably still sit in my drafts folder, because I think that the JSBin genre of software development tools has a very bright future - and I encourage you to not give up. For now, is it at all possible to just send you $100…

<3 there's a "keep me honest: donate" button at the bottom of my blog.

Let me suggest you move it to a more prominent position.

/unsolicited advice

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

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post #70

JS Bin is a service that appeals to techies. As such, it should see moderate success accepting Bitcoin! Bitcoin transactions are non-reversible, which would solve the fraud complications.

But would it fuck him on the VATMOSS? Would he lose the ability to verify the address via the cardholder billing address? A question I don't know the answer to.

At the moment it's a bit of a grey area. In the future, the Government is already planning:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-custo...

You'll have to charge VAT as normal, before the price is converted into bitcoin.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#96

Remy, I'm sorry. JSBin is my favorite live JS environment, and I use it several times a week, and I haven't paid a thing. That's not fair to you. I'm also sorry that I haven't sent the emails that probably still sit in my drafts folder, because I think that the JSBin genre of software development tools has a very bright future - and I encourage you to not give up. For now, is it at all possible to just send you $100…

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Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a US customer, I'm hesitant to use 3D Secure because: 1) The implementations by Visa and MasterCard have security weaknesses, terrible usability and look like phishing: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/fc10vbvsecurecode.pdf 2) My understanding is that my bank shifts liability to me for 3D Secure transactions. Why would I want extra liability?

Yeah, "Verified by Visa" is exactly like phishing. Good paper. Fortunately here in the USA I haven't been asked for my credentials in at least 10 years. So it seems to have died the death it so richly deserved. Do people encounter this on a daily basis?

Visa and co. are big—really big—so I've never understood why they've not just leaned on the OS manufacturers and browser makers to provide them some form of unique, unforgeable signal to users that they're interacting with a real bank.

There could be, say, an HTML5-exposed API capable of triggering "super-modal" forms (like OS UAC does) if-and-only-if the page is being served from a secure origin cross-signed by some "Web Banking Working Group Certificate Authority" that all the banks and OS makers are members of.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#98

I pay for Gmail, because I need real business email accounts. Did I get lucky with being one of the early Apps for Your Domain users? We don't pay a bean for our company's Gmail accounts but seem to get most of the features (no ads, custom domain, etc).

Yes, it used to be free until maybe 3 years ago. I've got a free setup as well.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#99
post #86
post #70

JS Bin is a service that appeals to techies. As such, it should see moderate success accepting Bitcoin! Bitcoin transactions are non-reversible, which would solve the fraud complications.

But would it fuck him on the VATMOSS? Would he lose the ability to verify the address via the cardholder billing address? A question I don't know the answer to.

This is a really good question. It's funny, a little digging led me back to the same blog.

https://remysharp.com/2014/12/30/vatmoss-proof

I could see the location information being supplied using a Bitcoin service provider (Coinbase?), but whether it is accepted as "proof," is questionable.

Re: The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)

#100
post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Studies Find Reward Often No Motivator http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/motivation.html

That was a good read, but there was a different mechanism at work for me. When I do something for free, and someone complains about it or finds it wanting, it does not bother me. Sort of like "Double your money back on Free Advice you don't like." But when I am being paid to provide the thing I am providing, a big sense of my wanting to make sure they are getting their value kicks in, and since I undervalue my time t…

Boy, can I identify with this. It can be very hard to turn off that impulse to over-deliver. It can also be hard to objectively look at your own limitations and not overcommit yourself, and hard to adjust when you find out too late you've overcommitted.
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