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Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by lucaspiller »

dchest wrote: post #6
hudibras wrote: post #4

> An astonishing number of people already believe that they're paying annually for Pinboard. I've always wondered about this. The subscription model is so ingrained nowadays that I cannot think of any other web service of any kind which uses a one-time fee.

It's not only a web services: I sometimes receive emails asking me to cancel the subscription for my desktop software, which is sold without subscription.

"I'm sorry to hear you no longer wish to continue your subscription for . Could I tempt you to continue at a special reduced rate of only $5/year?"

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by acqq »

To those who still don't use the service: use the possibility: sign up in this year, you can use than the service as long as it exists.

Maciej, in case you read here, thanks a lot for a beautiful product. I've already decided to pay you yearly. And not because I want to support you (although I wish people would support more such operations like yours) but because I really find your service useful and inexpensive. I see sillysaurus3 in his comment here also finds a huge value in using Pinboard for the amount paid.

As I already wrote "as long as it exists," Maciej, do you do anything to change the answer to this FAQ entry of yours?

"Q: What happens if the guy who runs Pinboard gets hit by a bus?

A: The bus is likely to be fine. They don't go very fast and are designed with passenger safety in mind."

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by phodo »

I will gladly pay and in the future keep paying whatever is asked to keep this service running. I get so much value out of pinboard - personally and professionally - that I've felt that I've definitely underpaid relative to value received. I currently have 4,206 articles across 924 tags, accumulated over the past several years. In Nir Eyal's terms, webpages are now a trigger to use the service, which yields pretty high engagement on my end. I basically bookmark with zero friction and effort now. It's led to a more enjoyable web experience.

For various reasons, I find it more useful than all the other bookmark / read it later [1] type services. Between the web bookmarklets and the new iOS extension to archive items directly from the action sheet, it's even more useful.

So tldr ... thank you, Maciej, for a great service.

[1] I do use Evernote and others regularly, but their use cases, when it comes to archiving/bookmarking content, are more niche / specific (although they excel in other areas).

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by drsintoma »

Can someone give me some hints about pinboard's advantages over, lets say, delicious?

I know people love it over here but from what I've read it seems to be more about the openness of the creator that the product itself.

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by sillysaurus3 »

drsintoma wrote: post #14

Can someone give me some hints about pinboard's advantages over, lets say, delicious? I know people love it over here but from what I've read it seems to be more about the openness of the creator that the product itself.

I started using Delicious, and then Yahoo completely changed the service. Utterly. It broke a bunch of features.

Switched to Pinboard and never looked back. And it's stayed just as rock-solid as it was on day one.

Also, if you're using Delicious to archive some personal bookmarks, I trust those to be on Maciej's servers more than Yahoo servers. I don't know what kind of privacy settings Delicious has, but even if it's as painless as Pinboard's, I wouldn't really trust it.

In particular, all of your bookmarks will certainly be analyzed on Yahoo servers. Whereas I trust Maciej not to perform experiments on random people's bookmarks.

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by accolade »

I like Pinboard.in, but hate the gushing fanboy-ism on Hacker News. It's almost embarrassing to read.

There are many other good bookmarking services. Pinboard is one of them. Stop treating it like its a religion.

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by yuhong »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #15
drsintoma wrote: post #14

Can someone give me some hints about pinboard's advantages over, lets say, delicious? I know people love it over here but from what I've read it seems to be more about the openness of the creator that the product itself.

I started using Delicious, and then Yahoo completely changed the service. Utterly. It broke a bunch of features. Switched to Pinboard and never looked back. And it's stayed just as rock-solid as it was on day one. Also, if you're using Delicious to archive some personal bookmarks, I trust those to be on Maciej's servers more than Yahoo servers. I don't know what kind of privacy settings Delicious has, but even if it'…

I don't think it is owned by Yahoo anymore.

Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by [deleted] »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #9

I still can't figure out whether Pinboard is insane or genius for pricing it at ~$10/lifetime (or in this case $11/year). I've paid Dropbox about $480 now, and it's easily that valuable. But the amount of value I've derived from Pinboard is comparable. The value is "You'll never lose this note, idea, or tool ever again in your entire life. Even if it goes offline, you'll still have a starting point for remembering th…

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Re: Pinboard's New Pricing Policy

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Post by sillysaurus3 »

yuhong wrote: post #17
sillysaurus3 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started using Delicious, and then Yahoo completely changed the service. Utterly. It broke a bunch of features. Switched to Pinboard and never looked back. And it's stayed just as rock-solid as it was on day one. Also, if you're using Delicious to archive some personal bookmarks, I trust those to be on Maciej's servers more than Yahoo servers. I don't know what kind of privacy settings Delicious has, but even if it'…

I don't think it is owned by Yahoo anymore.

Or whoever. If it's a free service, it's subject to monetization.
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