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Turn any diagram image into an editable Draw.io file. No more redrawing

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Re: Turn any diagram image into an editable Draw.io file. No more redrawing

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They need to make money - should the have open sourced the tool?

They should have let us tried the tool without signing in, that is only natural. Why would I give you my time and my personal information because you claim you do something? It is deceptive and unfair to our time to ask me to sign in as the final step. Instantly closed. The new generation of developers should learn some manners.

Yup. Same. Requiring my information is a non-starter. No matter how good your product is I won't sign in just to try it out.

Re: Turn any diagram image into an editable Draw.io file. No more redrawing

#12
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They should have let us tried the tool without signing in, that is only natural. Why would I give you my time and my personal information because you claim you do something? It is deceptive and unfair to our time to ask me to sign in as the final step. Instantly closed. The new generation of developers should learn some manners.

These multi modal LLMs are too expensive to run for that

Are you saying they want to reduce the number of people trying it out with friction?

Re: Turn any diagram image into an editable Draw.io file. No more redrawing

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This is a very well done site but perhaps a bit too much of a demand test to be on HN which is extremely tech heavy (the typical reader is likely to wonder "I can already ask an LLM to do this. Why would I pay this company to do this for me?"). This would do very well on other, less tech heavy sites. I would also suggest some changes.

Above the fold, there's a lot of pitch how Draw.io requires "No credit card, no trial periods, no BS." and "It's genuinely free - has been for years, always will be. That's why millions use it, and why converting your images to Draw.io format makes so much sense. Your converted files will always be editable, no subscription required"

Below the fold and at the very bottom, this service itself starts off at $5/mo on sale right now.

I would imagine this would confuse people. They might interpret that this service is free too, then be suprised at the "no free tier" and some are going to be outright angry and very vocal about it.

So I would change the messaging along the lines of "We help you convert images into Draw.io so you pay us just once for the diagram you want converted"

To enhance the message, I would further say "This is how much we sponsor Draw.io for enabling our own business" and write blog posts about the struggles to build the service or even open source the methods to fine-tune a model to do the conversion.

Good luck, this is valuable!

Re: Turn any diagram image into an editable Draw.io file. No more redrawing

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This is a paid service but the website wording piggybacks on Draw.io to imply it's a free service, I'd avoid it as it comes across as very underhand.

"It's that free diagramming tool that just works. No credit card, no trial periods, no BS", etc

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