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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 ocdtrekkie »

jasonlfunk wrote: post #32
urda wrote: post #18

Bye bye IFTTT, this "subscription life" really needs to end.

And what do you suggest replaces it? Developers don’t offer subscriptions because they are greedy. They offer them because it’s the best way to have a sustainable software business.

Charge for new features like traditional software did. Subscription software is literally rent-seeking... pay forever or your stuff stops working.

If the developer is actually continuing development, new releases that are worth paying for will happen.

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Post by yen223 »

canada_dry wrote: post #20

An aside... I've never really got why technical folks would use IFTTT vs self-hosted. For non-techies I get it... but there are so many great and free tools available e.g. python, tasker/automagic/B4A, node-red, etc, etc. I'm guessing this move to PRO will drive capable folks away.

It took me something like 2 minutes to set up an IFTTT action to email me whenever a keyword showed up in an RSS feed I'm interested in, and I didn't have to worry about keeping the script running or anything like that. There's no way I could have done it that fast even with Python, and I would have to maintain the damn thing.

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

mumblerino wrote: post #37

That’s unfortunate. IFTTT is not worth that much for most uses.

I'm guessing the free users aren't worth that much to them now they have got established. If 90% of their revenue comes from 10% of their users then this might be a convenient way to cull them.

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Post by apotheosis »

jasonlfunk wrote: post #32
urda wrote: post #18

Bye bye IFTTT, this "subscription life" really needs to end.

And what do you suggest replaces it? Developers don’t offer subscriptions because they are greedy. They offer them because it’s the best way to have a sustainable software business.

It's usually product/marketing offering subscriptions, not developers. And unfortunately they are usually motivated by greed.

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

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Post by skinnymuch »

elpatoisthebest wrote: post #40
CarelessExpert wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

My experience has been different. I currently maintain about 280 different API integrations. I have a team that does constant maintenance. Usually 1-2 API breaking changes per day is what we see after you get past the stable big ones. Even versioned APIs kick you off the old version pretty regularly. In the upcoming months we have 3 scheduled version bumps that are mandatory as they will discontinue the old version c…

Can you explain a bit more about oAuth being done wrong by most people?

One thing I notice is how some do the constant refresh token and most don’t.

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

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Post by skinnymuch »

foxylad wrote: post #35

Interesting move. It seems to me that IFTTT caters for a non-technicial hobby audience, because technical people and commercial outfits can replicate everything it does (and more) with a web server and some python scripts. And ten bucks a month is a lot for a hobby.

Replicating everything is Potentially a lot of time for a hobby too. Yet that is being advocated. There’s no way half the developers or techies I know would keep maintaining a self hosted alternative.

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

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Post by skinnymuch »

SN76477 wrote: post #16

meh IFTTT has rarely worked properly for me with synchronizations running terribly behind or not at all. why would I pay for that, with a challenging interface and just single step actions? Zapier does just as much if not more for $15 a month.

The polling rate will be much quicker. Zapier offering is pretty weak at $15/Mo too. Better than ifttt but Zapier’s real power comes at the higher prices.

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

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Post by skinnymuch »

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…

Hah I feel tricked. I was going to go for $1/mo and pay them $12 for a year. I don’t use ifttt but why not. The minimum is $1.99. That’s not pay what you want. I might still do it and combine what my brother or friend use it for into one account for a year, but still

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

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Post by sorenjan »

This reminds me, I've been meaning to set up a Huginn install to test out. I don't really have a use for it at the moment, but I think more people in this thread would find it interesting. They describe it as:

> Think of it as a hackable version of IFTTT or Zapier on your own server.

https://github.com/huginn/huginn

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