bachmeier: I hear you. If you like Pinboard I suggest using that. It is a great service and I'm a paying member of that as well.
The justification for the pricing is rather simple; It is 2019 and life isn't cheap so we wanted a fair price that would allow us to make Unmark a sustainable platform for a long time to come. Because the free tier is fairly generous, and because it is open source, we know our subscriber numbers will be very low. Perhaps only "superfans" of Unmark will purchase a subscription. But if they do, we want it to cover the costs of running the platform.
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Curious how you decided on a price of $55/year. That's kind of steep for what you're providing. Pinboard, for instance, is 20% of that.
bachmeier: I hear you. If you like Pinboard I suggest using that. It is a great service and I'm a paying member of that as well.
The justification for the pricing is rather simple; It is 2019 and life isn't cheap so we wanted a fair price that would allow us to make Unmark a sustainable platform for a long time to come. Because the free tier is fairly generous, and because it is open source, we know our subscriber numbers will be very low. Perhaps only "superfans" of Unmark will purchase a subscription. But if they do, we want it to cover the costs of running the platform.
I agree that it was a bit steep and could easily have skipped opening it because of that.
OTOH it has a generous free tier and is open source so you can host your own.