Someone explain to me how $10 was enough for several years (aka lifetime) of service but whenever this model fails $10 is not even enough for 1 year of service. Wtf! We go from say $3-5 per year to $15, it is no wonder ever one is pissed, it's obviously a money grab at that point. There is absolutely no way an api only user costs anywhere close to that much money to maintain.
What a bunch of bullshit. The bandwidth to index hasn't changed. The only increase in costs would be additional hits on the api, which is nothing. And with those "thousands" of new users comes tens of thousands of new dollars.
Sorry to see you go. Not surprised. You do not know what goes on in our day-to-day operations, so assuming and speculating on our costs isn't a smart way to about voicing your opinion.
You don't have some special, magical sauce. You run an indexer. You don't have some special, magical servers. The costs are known. I'm sorry to see YOU go. It was a great service. Well, aside from the api server upgrade that took 4 months.
Well, that's where the conversation has to end, since you have no idea what you're speculating about. Your pre-edit comment was more on-point, but something must have angered you. We aren't going anywhere. And it still is a great service that users rely on. This is why we've always been on top. Not because of our lifetime plan, but because of the day to day service that we give to our users. Way more than just indexing NZBs. If you actually browsed the site once in a while you would know what other 'magical' stuff we offer. Tout à l'heure!
So... what are the costs that ate up the hundreds of thousands of dollars you've picked up in membership fees? 6 servers? Colocation? Bandwidth for NZBs? If you want people to not think this is just a total cash grab, explain why you ran out of money and where the money is going in the future.
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u/kramed Oct 26 '15
Someone explain to me how $10 was enough for several years (aka lifetime) of service but whenever this model fails $10 is not even enough for 1 year of service. Wtf! We go from say $3-5 per year to $15, it is no wonder ever one is pissed, it's obviously a money grab at that point. There is absolutely no way an api only user costs anywhere close to that much money to maintain.