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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 m-p-3 »

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…

I currently use IFTTT mostly for the webhooks feature. I have some bots on Discord posting stuff from multiple sources, and not having to host my own server to do so is nice.

I also use it to send important notifications from some of my servers to my phone. I just have to `curl` the info to IFTTT server with my API key and send the info I need.

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

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Post by m-p-3 »

kevindong wrote: post #39
dahx4Eev wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any examples of how you use the webhooks?

It's literally just: 1. Here's a URL (custom to each user/applet). You can either GET or POST to it. No auth/headers required (the URL includes a token). 2. You can optionally submit a JSON in the format of {"value1": ..., "value2": ..., "value3": ...} and set up the applet to set those values as the notification title, body, link, or image. Rather unfortunately, you can only specify three values in the JSON so you c…

I hope we'll see more than three values as a possibility with IFTTT Pro.

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

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Post by m-p-3 »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #41
jasonlfunk wrote: post #32

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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.

But it's not a software, it's a service that depends on a server farm, and a constantly evolving set of hundreds of third-party integrations.

It literally will break if left unmaintained if not funded properly, unlike a traditional software.

I do agree with other subscription-based models that sells software like Adobe Creative Cloud, where I'd be perfectly okay with having a non-updating version for a fixed cost.

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

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Post by fletchowns »

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.

My use of IFTTT is things like: * When my garage door is open (Garadget) then turn on my garage indicator light (TP Link Kasa Lightbulb). That way if I leave the garage door open on accident I have a bright red light telling me that * When the garage door opens after dusk, turn on the driveway lights * When the doorbell rings (Ring) and it's after dusk, turn on a group of lights (Leviton) * When the door unlocks (August Smart Lock) turn on a group of lights (Leviton)

I'd love to self host rather than use IFTTT, but is that even possible with those other tools?

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Post by Open-Sourcery »

fletchowns wrote: post #64
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.

My use of IFTTT is things like: * When my garage door is open (Garadget) then turn on my garage indicator light (TP Link Kasa Lightbulb). That way if I leave the garage door open on accident I have a bright red light telling me that * When the garage door opens after dusk, turn on the driveway lights * When the doorbell rings (Ring) and it's after dusk, turn on a group of lights (Leviton) * When the door unlocks (Aug…

Checkout Home Assistant. You can self host it, and as long as there is an integration available you should be able to do all that. Getting started with it is a bit of a pain compared to IFTTT but it's self hosted, open source, and free.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/

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

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Post by fletchowns »

Open-Sourcery wrote: post #65
fletchowns wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My use of IFTTT is things like: * When my garage door is open (Garadget) then turn on my garage indicator light (TP Link Kasa Lightbulb). That way if I leave the garage door open on accident I have a bright red light telling me that * When the garage door opens after dusk, turn on the driveway lights * When the doorbell rings (Ring) and it's after dusk, turn on a group of lights (Leviton) * When the door unlocks (Aug…

Checkout Home Assistant. You can self host it, and as long as there is an integration available you should be able to do all that. Getting started with it is a bit of a pain compared to IFTTT but it's self hosted, open source, and free. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/

This looks like exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you for the recommendation. I started playing around with it in a VM and it's been great so far.
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