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Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by ryandrake »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #26
isodev wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Number of stars also excludes self hosted forges. Stars is more of a GitHub-wants-to-be-a-social thing than actual measure of popularity.

Yeah, I was going to come here to say this. Apart from a) stars are a dubious metric b) 5000 stars is an insanely high bar, there is the issue that there are definitely lots of projects that choose not to partake in GitHub at this point. That said, they do have a "contact us" line in there which implies some flexibility.

You can easily buy stars in bulk, like you can buy social media “likes” so they are kind of measuring the wrong thing and incentivizing the wrong behaviors.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by 18275142 »

skybrian wrote: post #25
japhyr wrote: post #19

At first I thought people here were being pretty unsympathetic to an early version of a beneficial program. I could see a company setting a 6-month timeline initially, so they can reevaluate the program and choose how to evolve their support for open source. I expected to see something along the lines of, "at the end of the 6 months we'll evaluate whether to continue your free plan." But no, they're quite explicit ab…

So put a reminder on your calendar to cancel. It's not hard. That shouldn't be a reason to pass this up.

  OSS maintainer: I'd like to cancel my subscription!

  Claude: Thank you for prolonging your subscription for another year. I'll take the required steps.

  OSS maintainer: No, I said CANCEL!

  Claude: You are absolutely right! Thank you for your two year subscription.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

#33

Post by ashtonshears »

skybrian wrote: post #24

The cynicism here is crazy. You can get a lot done in 6 months and prices will probably have dropped by then due to competition. There's no lock-in keeping you from switching coding agents if you're not stupid about it. There's nothing wrong with taking advantage of limited offers.

Most people are sick of free trial scams, its incredibly pervasive. Its only a gift if there is no automated renewal, a scummy ad otherwise

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by lanyard-textile »

stavros wrote: post #10

I like what GitHub and Jetbrains are doing, where you get Copilot and PyCharm for free as long as you're a maintainer. They keep renewing my license. A 6-month trial isn't showing appreciation for OSS any more than "first crack hit's free" is showing appreciation for what a good person you are. It's just "you look like a promising customer".

It's a spectrum, right?

It would be showing greater higher quality appreciation to offer an ongoing benefit.

But there is some benefit to giving maintainers a generous trial length with your offering. 6 months is certainly long enough to see how well it does or does not incorporate into your project.

It just so happens we almost all universally love the offering.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

#35

Post by 18275142 »

skybrian wrote: post #24

The cynicism here is crazy. You can get a lot done in 6 months and prices will probably have dropped by then due to competition. There's no lock-in keeping you from switching coding agents if you're not stupid about it. There's nothing wrong with taking advantage of limited offers.

The cynics are in the AI companies who want to get rich by making everyone unemployed and sloppifying the Internet after stealing the entire human IP.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by stavros »

lanyard-textile wrote: post #34
stavros wrote: post #10

I like what GitHub and Jetbrains are doing, where you get Copilot and PyCharm for free as long as you're a maintainer. They keep renewing my license. A 6-month trial isn't showing appreciation for OSS any more than "first crack hit's free" is showing appreciation for what a good person you are. It's just "you look like a promising customer".

It's a spectrum, right? It would be showing greater higher quality appreciation to offer an ongoing benefit. But there is some benefit to giving maintainers a generous trial length with your offering. 6 months is certainly long enough to see how well it does or does not incorporate into your project. It just so happens we almost all universally love the offering.

Eh, no, I'd like it much more if it were an ongoing offering of the $20 plan than a one-off of the $200 plan. The latter just screams of sales tactic.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by skybrian »

ashtonshears wrote: post #29
skybrian wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So put a reminder on your calendar to cancel. It's not hard. That shouldn't be a reason to pass this up.

Dont accept this subscription dark pattern

I got a cheap Washington Post subscription for years by threatening to cancel every year.

It may or may not be worth playing their game depending on whether you use the product or not, but there are opportunities for people who do play.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by NewJazz »

skybrian wrote: post #25
japhyr wrote: post #19

At first I thought people here were being pretty unsympathetic to an early version of a beneficial program. I could see a company setting a 6-month timeline initially, so they can reevaluate the program and choose how to evolve their support for open source. I expected to see something along the lines of, "at the end of the 6 months we'll evaluate whether to continue your free plan." But no, they're quite explicit ab…

So put a reminder on your calendar to cancel. It's not hard. That shouldn't be a reason to pass this up.

Someone in my hoa association recently failed to pay their dues. Why? Because they were in the hospital for several weeks.

Re: Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers

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Post by skybrian »

[deleted] wrote: post #36
skybrian wrote: post #24

The cynicism here is crazy. You can get a lot done in 6 months and prices will probably have dropped by then due to competition. There's no lock-in keeping you from switching coding agents if you're not stupid about it. There's nothing wrong with taking advantage of limited offers.

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It's a dark pattern that you can take advantage of by setting a calendar reminder and having enough initiative to act on it.
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