Get all of the hype and exposure that a Kickstarter campaign gives without having to pay them their cut. Makes sense.
Do you really think the cancellation was premeditated? That's what your comment seems to imply.
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#12For anyone that needs a DIY preorder site, there's the lockitron selfstarter project
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#13This is such an interesting experience, especially with canceling to what seemed to be a promising kickstarted campaign. I am glad you killed the subscription based model and are now selling it simply as a product.
Agree 100%. The subscription model is nice for a business but for an individual it's death by 1,000 cuts. Think about all the things you're paying monthly subscription fees for... Netflix, Hulu, XM radio, Spotify, Gamefly, Xbox live, your MMO of choice, cell phone, hosting your VPS, internet access, cable/satellite, of course not to mention rent/mortgage, electricity, water/sewer, etc. So many services are competing…
XM radio?? Is that still alive? I haven't heard anyone mention that in years. I guess it still is.
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#14Very eager to get one. When are you opening up orders to Canada?
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#15Get all of the hype and exposure that a Kickstarter campaign gives without having to pay them their cut. Makes sense.
Do you really think the cancellation was premeditated? That's what your comment seems to imply.
It doesn't matter whether it was premeditated if the end result is the same. They're still arguably screwing Kickstarter here (do Kickstarter get anything at all for their side of the work?)
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agree 100%. The subscription model is nice for a business but for an individual it's death by 1,000 cuts. Think about all the things you're paying monthly subscription fees for... Netflix, Hulu, XM radio, Spotify, Gamefly, Xbox live, your MMO of choice, cell phone, hosting your VPS, internet access, cable/satellite, of course not to mention rent/mortgage, electricity, water/sewer, etc. So many services are competing…
XM radio?? Is that still alive? I haven't heard anyone mention that in years. I guess it still is.
Yeah, it's "Sirius XM radio" now, and I got used to it when it came 90 days free with my car. So now I pay something like $8/month to listen to it.
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#17I associate Draft with Nathan Kontny's wonderful stuff
https://draftin.com/about
(edit) I see it's been renamed! Should have gone past the banner image!
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#18What about confidentiality and privacy?
Love it, but some of my notes are highly confidential. Obviously, I could use a separate notebook, but is there any thought towards privacy or assurance from these guys that no one is reading these notebooks when they're digitized? The video makes it look like a fairly manual process. Ordered one anyway to try it out.
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#19Is there a HN thread where we can discuss this service and ask questions/debate the merits? I'd do it here but it feels inappropriate as the thread is more about Kickstarter and not the core product/service.
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#20Get all of the hype and exposure that a Kickstarter campaign gives without having to pay them their cut. Makes sense.
I don't think many people are worried about the 5% Kickstarter cut. Jon and Marshal were probably more interested in having users signed up with their service (which kickstarter wouldn't guarantee)
It depends what country you're in and there's also the credit card processing % fee.