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I haven't finalised the price. But, it'll be more than $20 for sure.
More than 20 a month, annually? Fixed purchase.
I meant that for a fixed purchase. I'm still contemplating setting up subscription plans.
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I would MUCH prefer a subscription personally.
I think you would be the exception. In fact, you may the only person I’ve ever heard express this preference.
I second this. Most people I know, including myself, would much rather have one time purchase.
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#44Like the local data approach, but was surprised to read for at least the Google Analytics option your OAuth token is routed through Radar services (even if it’s use is then local), which feels a bit of a bummer when the effort was otherwise there to be all local.
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I would MUCH prefer a subscription personally.
I think you would be the exception. In fact, you may the only person I’ve ever heard express this preference.
The problem with a one-time-fee for a cloud service is that it's unsustainable. That's why I suggest OP have constraints on accounts unless paying a subscription fee. If you really find a 3rd party cloud service (requiring servers/networking/bandwidth) valuable, you should assist in its survival. The fee should be nominal (unless real support is included) but non-zero.
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#46Like the local data approach, but was surprised to read for at least the Google Analytics option your OAuth token is routed through Radar services (even if it’s use is then local), which feels a bit of a bummer when the effort was otherwise there to be all local.
I can understand your concern. But, I need to comply with Google APIs Terms of Service. https://developers.google.com/terms#b_confidential_matters
> You will keep your credentials confidential and make reasonable efforts to prevent and discourage other API Clients from using your credentials. Developer credentials may not be embedded in open source projects
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#47Bitbar also does a decent job on Macos
Bitbar/xbar is great because it isn’t limited to just calling an API. You can run a .py or .sh and print the results, enabling more complex workflows and displays. I’ve build some pretty niche tools using it, mostly related to local weather
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I would MUCH prefer a subscription personally.
I think you would be the exception. In fact, you may the only person I’ve ever heard express this preference.
What canada_dry said below. Especially for what seems to be a solo developer, I'd rather this was costed so as even if they decided to stop working on it, the margin per month was such that I could continue to use it for years. I feel like for a solo developer doing a 1 time fee, more likely to disappear after a couple of years
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I think you would be the exception. In fact, you may the only person I’ve ever heard express this preference.
The problem with a one-time-fee for a cloud service is that it's unsustainable. That's why I suggest OP have constraints on accounts unless paying a subscription fee. If you really find a 3rd party cloud service (requiring servers/networking/bandwidth) valuable, you should assist in its survival. The fee should be nominal (unless real support is included) but non-zero.
I agree, and that's why, although you maybe thought somewhat outrageous, if OP is going down the 1-time path, i'd rather pay a lot in hope that they can keep the cloud services running for years even if they decided to stop working on it. I like your formula approach.
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Would love to hear more about your fix.
Ok. It's a new tab extension for FF or Chrome. Put all my favourite (read: work sites) on huge buttons at the top - so two clicks to CorpSlack (and like a dozen other sites. And below is these Social widgets, little JS tools showing me neat things from Reddit, Twitter, etc and then I put a textarea in there too, so I can quickly Ctrl+N and write a note (in local storage) extensions are super easy, and easy to extend…
reminds me of pageflakes/netvibes/my.yahoo days -when rss was prevalent and super useful.