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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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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.
> Pinboard Blog I think the actual blog post title might make for a better title. By the way, I just bought an account a couple of days ago, after flirting with the idea for more than a year. Pretty good timing I guess. Pinboard seems so far almost exactly how I imagined my perfect bookmarking service (and I'm a huge bookmarking nerd). I like and use the Pinboard Plus [0] Chrome extension because of its simplicity. 0…
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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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Or whoever. If it's a free service, it's subject to monetization.
Why does it matter that much though? It was other issues that made Delicious fail, including that Yahoo sucked at acquisitions back then (they have since improved).
So it's not really about whether another bookmarking service can deliver or not, for me. It's whether they're faithful steward.
I wish they had a free tier with ads.
A pizza costs, what, $18? Pinboard is $11/year.
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…
Come back down to reality.
I wish they had a free tier with ads.
I'd stop using it instantly. EDIT: Wow. Apparently a bunch of other people would, too. A pizza costs, what, $18? Pinboard is $11/year.
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…
Like people would pay anywhere near $400 for a bookmarking service (except you). Come back down to reality.
Okay, maybe it was a little silly to imply that it was worth $400 over the course of one's lifetime. But I have to live up to my namesake once in awhile.
Consider this: What if Pinboard was pay-what-you-want? I wonder if the average revenue would be closer to $40/person than to $10/person. Or, if it's still the same average price, I wonder if it would've resulted in higher total volume (many more sales).
It's interesting to realize that, barring some catastrophe, I'll be using both Dropbox and Pinboard in 10 years. That means I'll have paid Dropbox $1,200 and Pinboard $10 (or $110 after the pricing change.) Maybe that's the right price point. I don't know.
Monetization is a weird and fascinating subject to me. There's a lot of counterintuitive aspects to it. In particular, it's possible to drive customers away by trying to nickel-and-dime them. Yet it's also possible to turn your back on a lot of money without realizing it. Patio11's gone into this in more eloquent detail than I ever will.