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IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Re: IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Post by solipsism »

reificator wrote: post #19
solipsism wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you run this boxed software on your machine? Would you maintain it? How much is your time worth?

> Would you run this boxed software on your machine? Yes. Would you rather have ice cream or get punched in the face? > Would you maintain it? If maintaining it means scheduling updates through my host's package manager or running docker pull, and not "hey it's thursday, time for a new configuration format", then sure. > How much is your time worth? Enough to never host Elasticsearch, not enough to go SaaS-only.

Upstream APIs change constantly. How will you pay for the development costs, after your $120 boxed copy 1 year license is up?

Re: IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Post by Firehawke »

Yeah, this just pushed me into dropping my account. It's been slow or intermittently failing for ages as it is on the tasks I do have on there, so I wouldn't call myself predisposed to give them ANY cash to begin with. Limiting things on top of that just simplifies the decision.

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Post by Firehawke »

willio58 wrote: post #9
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #8

I really, truly don’t mind paying for software, but all of these subscription services cost obscene amounts of money. $10 per month is $120 per year. $120! I might pay that much for boxed software, but it would need to do a heck of a lot more than IFTTT, and I’d expect to get much more than one year of life out of it. Affinity Photo, for instance, cost $60, and VMware Fusion cost $80, to name two products I purchased…

Maybe now that it will be payed they will make the product more worth while.

Don't bet on it.

Re: IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Post by CarelessExpert »

solipsism wrote: post #21
reificator wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Would you run this boxed software on your machine? Yes. Would you rather have ice cream or get punched in the face? > Would you maintain it? If maintaining it means scheduling updates through my host's package manager or running docker pull, and not "hey it's thursday, time for a new configuration format", then sure. > How much is your time worth? Enough to never host Elasticsearch, not enough to go SaaS-only.

Upstream APIs change constantly. How will you pay for the development costs, after your $120 boxed copy 1 year license is up?

They... really don't.

Any service with any level of client integration will a) version their APIs, and b) keep things sufficiently stable so that clients aren't constantly breaking.

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Post by CarelessExpert »

kevindong wrote: post #5
windexh8er wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I look at IFTTT and Zapier and wonder what people use them for. Don't get me wrong, I think both have a target consumer but they feel expensive for what they appear to offer. I feel like if you're investing in automation the agnostic nature of owning and operating the code is more valuable than building into a walled system that relies on Internet connectivity and a SaaS service. OpenFaaS plus some Python could get y…

My main use for IFTTT is that they accept incoming webhooks to send push notifications to my phone via their app. Incredibly useful and convenient.

If you can run a docker container and you have an Android phone, Gotify is a nice alternative for this use case.

Re: IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

solipsism wrote: post #15
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #8

I really, truly don’t mind paying for software, but all of these subscription services cost obscene amounts of money. $10 per month is $120 per year. $120! I might pay that much for boxed software, but it would need to do a heck of a lot more than IFTTT, and I’d expect to get much more than one year of life out of it. Affinity Photo, for instance, cost $60, and VMware Fusion cost $80, to name two products I purchased…

Would you run this boxed software on your machine? Would you maintain it? How much is your time worth?

I’d rather not host it myself, but, do you think IFTTT’s server costs are a significant contributor to the price? If they are, I have to question why this idea of cloud computing is supposed to make economic sense in general.

IFTTT is just a bunch of web requests chained together. The strength of the product is its UI and the number of services it supports.

Re: IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Post by DenseComet »

CarelessExpert wrote: post #24
solipsism wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Upstream APIs change constantly. How will you pay for the development costs, after your $120 boxed copy 1 year license is up?

They... really don't. Any service with any level of client integration will a) version their APIs, and b) keep things sufficiently stable so that clients aren't constantly breaking.

For everything but the most high profile platforms, IFTTT expects the service provider to build a custom API made for IFTTT, and pay IFTTT to include the service in their public catalog.

https://platform.ifttt.com/docs/api_reference

Re: IFTTT introduces IFTTT Pro, free accounts now limited to 3 applets

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Post by tptacek »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #8

I really, truly don’t mind paying for software, but all of these subscription services cost obscene amounts of money. $10 per month is $120 per year. $120! I might pay that much for boxed software, but it would need to do a heck of a lot more than IFTTT, and I’d expect to get much more than one year of life out of it. Affinity Photo, for instance, cost $60, and VMware Fusion cost $80, to name two products I purchased…

I'm not, like, a fan of IFTTT, but it's likely that you just aren't the target market for the product; it might be valuable to you, but "people like you" might be a small enough niche that the product can't be made sustainable at a price point you'll swallow. This happens a lot, right?

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Post by MrStonedOne »

windexh8er wrote: post #4
guiambros wrote: post #2

" We believe that Pro’s price of $9.99 per month is money well spent. However, because Pro is new and will evolve in response to your feedback, we wanted to provide some payment flexibility. Our introductory set your own price subscription allows you to choose your monthly payment for the first year of Pro. This special offer expires in 4 weeks, on Wednesday, October 7th. " Interesting approach. I wonder what users w…

I look at IFTTT and Zapier and wonder what people use them for. Don't get me wrong, I think both have a target consumer but they feel expensive for what they appear to offer. I feel like if you're investing in automation the agnostic nature of owning and operating the code is more valuable than building into a walled system that relies on Internet connectivity and a SaaS service. OpenFaaS plus some Python could get y…

> and wonder what people use them for

We use it to relay tweets to a discord channel webhook. The requirement was that it had to relay the tweet contents with no flair or "tweeted by" or link to the tweet, all discord bot solutions fail this requirement and i didn't want to learn how2tweeterapi.

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