Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
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Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
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Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
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Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#3Setting aside that this is from a Slack competitor...
> one would be hard-pressed to find any who are excited about it
Me.
You know all that bitching we collectively do about ad and tracking supported business models obsfuscating the cost of "free" products?
The solution is being willing to pay for something you use and like.
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#4What is it about free services that brings out the worst complaints from people? I understand the paid plans aren’t cheap for small projects, but then maybe don’t rely on a free service for archiving important information.
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#5My initial reaction to Slack's change was that it's not a big deal. In the small communities I've worked with through Slack, we generally assumed that Slack messages are temporary, and we'd hit the former 10,000 message limit someday. We used email for more permanent communication, so the expectation of permanency wasn't changed.
However, it was interesting to see the company's data that is supporting the headline's assertion (in terms of migrations to the service after the Slack change). I'm also part of a smaller Slack group of a few people, and in abstract, it's understandable that it will be sad to see the older messages disappear. But then again, even in the tiny group, I always thought we'd hit the old 10,000 message limit someday, and never personally expected the messages to stay permanently.
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#6So many people talking about how extremely valuable it is to them and yet they won't bother paying for it.
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#7Setting aside that this is from a Slack competitor... > one would be hard-pressed to find any who are excited about it Me. You know all that bitching we collectively do about ad and tracking supported business models obsfuscating the cost of "free" products? The solution is being willing to pay for something you use and like.
Except we still get tracked in the paid stuff.
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#8What is it about free services that brings out the worst complaints from people? I understand the paid plans aren’t cheap for small projects, but then maybe don’t rely on a free service for archiving important information.
The CUE team was looking at a $8k monthly bill for keeping Slack. The money Slack wants can be pretty outrageous when most users don't even chat. Add on top that a single user is likely in several orgs, the money they make per user is approaching usury, if you'll pardon the pun
CUE is keeping Slack for now and accepting limited history
https://github.com/cue-lang/cue/discussions/1839 has an overview of the situation and a discussion of alternatives being considered
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#9Setting aside that this is from a Slack competitor... > one would be hard-pressed to find any who are excited about it Me. You know all that bitching we collectively do about ad and tracking supported business models obsfuscating the cost of "free" products? The solution is being willing to pay for something you use and like.
I’d be willing to pay, but not that much for my brother and I to chat every now and then.
Their pricing is geared towards enterprises with big budgets, not family and friends, nor even interest groups. It’s pretty much Discord everywhere now, and it’s just a matter of time until Discord eats the enterprise market too…
Re: Slack’s free plan change is causing an exodus
#10Just migrate to Discord?