<story><title>When “free forever” means “free for the next 4 months”</title><url>https://blog.zulip.com/2023/05/04/when-free-forever-is-4-months/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>stanmancan</author><text>Not sure I totally agree. Capitalizing on a competitors mistake is kind of slimy; calling out their poor business practices is not.&lt;p&gt;Users will invest their time and resources into using your product based on the promise that it’s free forever. Changing your mind later puts the burden on them to figure out how to move forward.&lt;p&gt;Even if I was a free user and I was considering a paid plan that type of dishonesty would make me move to a competitor. What else will they change their mind on? No thanks.</text></item><item><author>jxf</author><text>This blog post is from the &amp;quot;never let a competitor&amp;#x27;s mistake go unnoticed&amp;quot; school of thought.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bb88</author><text>Yeah, not sure about this either.  What it does do is to make me think about the free tier for apps I use, and then wondering what I will do if that free tier becomes more expensive than the value I get out of it.&lt;p&gt;This reminds me of the love&amp;#x2F;hate relationship I have with the Fusion 360 free tier, and maybe even some paid tiers where lifetime is not really lifetime.</text></comment>
<story><title>When “free forever” means “free for the next 4 months”</title><url>https://blog.zulip.com/2023/05/04/when-free-forever-is-4-months/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>stanmancan</author><text>Not sure I totally agree. Capitalizing on a competitors mistake is kind of slimy; calling out their poor business practices is not.&lt;p&gt;Users will invest their time and resources into using your product based on the promise that it’s free forever. Changing your mind later puts the burden on them to figure out how to move forward.&lt;p&gt;Even if I was a free user and I was considering a paid plan that type of dishonesty would make me move to a competitor. What else will they change their mind on? No thanks.</text></item><item><author>jxf</author><text>This blog post is from the &amp;quot;never let a competitor&amp;#x27;s mistake go unnoticed&amp;quot; school of thought.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tough</author><text>They should at least grandfathered any users on the -free forever- plan</text></comment>