We're switching to Free + Ad-Supported

#1

Post by alexsolo » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 6:12 PM UTC

Re: We're switching to Free + Ad-Supported

#2

Post by ultrasaurus » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 6:30 PM UTC

Finally a bold move that proves we aren't in a bubble.

#3

Post by ben1040 » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 6:31 PM UTC

This is a perfectly cromulent business model

This gave away the April Fool gag right in the second paragraph, but still had me laughing. Good work.

#4

Post by eladgil » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 6:50 PM UTC

ultrasaurus wrote: post #2

Finally a bold move that proves we aren't in a bubble.

Totally! If it was a bubble, PagerDuty would be paying their users a monthly amount to "get big even faster"

#5

Post by tomjen3 » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 6:51 PM UTC

Great. Now all I will have to do is to put the phone down for 30 seconds.

#6

Post by hechtic » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 6:55 PM UTC

Since everyone on HN uses an Ad Blocker anyway, I'd recommend the Free + Spyware business model instead.

#7

Post by MattBearman » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

Unfortunately I missed the fact it was an April fools gag, as I tend to stop reading anything when I see the phrase "next Facebook or Google"...

#8

Post by ab » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 8:20 PM UTC

Hilarious. I can't wait to see content relevant to my interests in my PD alerts.

#9

Post by jaredsohn » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 8:26 PM UTC

hechtic wrote: post #6

Since everyone on HN uses an Ad Blocker anyway, I'd recommend the Free + Spyware business model instead.

People don't have ad blockers for e-mails, texts, and audio which is where these ads would appear.