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Feedly Pro
- stephanos2k 13y agoI was wondering how long it would take for them to find a business model.
- baq 13y agoselling https access doesn't sound like a good one for me, this should be a basic feature with NSA and who knows who else listening in on everything.
- kondro 13y agoIf you want some privacy, you have to pay for it. Is that really that unreasonable?
- regecks 13y agoWell, my reflex response is yes. Transport security seems like an odd thing to call a feature for a feed reader. Of course it's possible that it's a brutal cost multiplier for them - I'd be interested to know.
- nwh 13y agoSSL probably doesn't do squat against the NSA.
- samuelfine 13y agoThey aren't selling https, they're selling early access to https, plus search, priority support, and some other stuff. https://twitter.com/feedly/status/364340330172137472 https://twitter.com/feedly/status/364340330172137472
- AndrewDucker 13y agoFantastic. Making the users the customers is something I heartily approve of. It aligns the interests of the service providers with the interests of the users, and means they have to compete on service, rather than spending their time finding ways to make people click on ads.
- middus 13y agoIf anyone working for feedly reads this: SSL/https should not be a premium feature. Please make it available to everyone. Update: they tweeted "HTTPS is currently a pro only feature. Will extend it to everyone when we have a way to fund it." (see https://twitter.com/feedly/status/364292745487065088 https://twitter.com/feedly/status/364292745487065088)
- samweinberg 13y agoSeriously. You shouldn't have to pay to expect a reasonable amount of security as a user.
- kondro 13y agoSo, as a user, you have a right to a free product on your terms and conditions?
- icebraining 13y agoThat's an overreaching interpretation of parent's post. Besides, the "rights" issue is a red herring. Making an analogy - and yes, I know it's not accurate, it's an analogy -, people don't have a the "right" to a free car, but if I am going to offer free cars, surely we can agree they should have breaks. The idea that because it's free it's above all criticism is simply unreasonable. Personally, I don't think requiring payment for SSL is wrong, though.
- btipling 13y ago> The idea that because it's free it's above all criticism is simply unreasonable. Solution: shut down the free version. Addressing complaints from free users who demand things captures absolutely zero value when you're a struggling startup with too much else to do and limited resources still trying to make a viable business. Freemium doesn't work unless you're swimming in VC money and only care about user growth, not MRR growth.
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- thisishugo 13y agoGreat that they've settled on a business model, but I feel like if you are going to have a free tier that HTTPS should be part of it.
- kondro 13y agoAuthentication is already SSL.
- arrrg 13y agoWhy exactly is that? By far most people do not care at all that other people are (theoretically) able to see what they are reading. I certainly don’t at all. I do not think HTTPS is in any way a required feature for a feedreader. It’s pretty perfect as a premium feature.
- thisishugo 13y agoThere are plenty of reasons to prefer secure browsing by default. Perhaps I subscribe to feeds that would be flagged as "suspect" by programs like PRISM[1] and XKeyscore[2], and would like to make the NSA work at least a little bit to find that out. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore
- pionar 13y agoSo, then if it's that important to you, give the people giving you the cover of HTTPS some money, stop being a cheapskate.
- thisishugo 13y agoIt so happens that I consider HTTPS by default for all users a requirement. A problem which a pro subscription does not solve.
- deong 13y agoAnd you can pay for that feature. I have no real stake in the game here, but I'm failing to see why that is a must-have feature for every user of the service.
- petsos 13y agoNot again with the lifetime accounts...
- kondro 13y agoOnly 5,000 lifetime accounts. Tiny in comparison to the 12 million+ users they have. http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/19/feedly-launches-standalone-web-version-for-all-users-offers-a-one-click-migration-path-from-google-reader/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/19/feedly-launches-sta...
- Grue3 13y agoWill they even last 20 months at which point lifetime account becomes advantageous? The Old Reader sure didn't.
- samuelfine 13y agoThe Old Reader didn't last because they didn't have a business model.
- JazCE 13y agoCan they fix the whole "keep unread/mark as read" shortcut key debacle first?
- pkhamre 13y agoI would rather pay a monthly/yearly fee.
- kondro 13y agoThe price is $5/month and $45/year when these 5,000 lifetime accounts run out.
- samuelfine 13y agoApparently you didn't read the article. Or the first sentence. "feedly pro will be generally available this fall for $5 per month (or $45 per year)."
- exizt88 13y agoYou know something's wrong with your RSS reader when it has a support queue, and people are willing to pay for bumping to the front of it.
- jacobr 13y agoAre there any products with actual users and no support queue?
- DigitalSea 13y agoGoogle Search? I don't recall the last time I had to send Google an email because their search wasn't working for me. Over the top example, but an example nonetheless.
- toyg 13y agoSearch support is for website owners, who are users as well. And I'm pretty sure that support queue is long.
- Schlaefer 13y agoThat doesn't mean people are willing to pay for faster support or even need it. Feedly offers a pro account but obviously decided against crippling the free account. I'm very happy about that. If people are willing to pay they get priority support as an additional value. And as bonus: if the support queue is short once it is implemented in the support software/workflow this feature costs feedly nothing.
- maaaats 13y agoYou're unfair. The other option would be to offer no support for free plans and only have support for those who pays.
- uptown 13y agoSince Google Reader went down, I've found I waste less time. I used to use Reeder as my front-end, but they've been slow to update their desktop app. I realize I'm "missing" things I used to keep up to date on, but the net gain is a lot more time I used to spend consuming what I suppose was superfluous content. For me - it's been kind of a nice change.
- jamesjporter 13y agoI had the same experience when I stopped using Opera and didn't have the RSS reader anymore. I do miss reading webcomics regularly, but the productivity gain is nice.
- kzahel 13y agoSeems ironic to have a "lifetime" pro option, as its predecessor's lifetime was cut short.
- Ecio78 13y agowe live until we die, and unfortunately sometimes we die earlier than we want to :)
- samuelfine 13y agoI suppose it's less ironic when you consider that its predecessor's lifetime was cut short, in part, because they didn't charge for their product. ;)
- martin-adams 13y agoI would be put off paying $99 for a lifetime account. These should be available up to 5,000, but users should be able to still opt for the $5 or $45 options.
- Simple1234 13y agoI'm surprised they don't just stick a banner at the top and call it a day.
- mcantrell 13y agoThat's great and all, but my RSS Service has SSL by default, no support queue, and is only $2/month or $16/year. Everyone is a user, and everyone is treated the same. No ads, ever. https://www.bulletin.io https://www.bulletin.io
- changdizzle 13y agoHonest question: why do people pay for "pro" RSS services? There are enough out there that I don't feel I would ever need to - I was using oldreader until they shut it down to everyone and now use digg reader - is there specific functionality I'm missing out on by not using these premium services? There's always the whole adage of if it's free then you could lose it, but with the amount of readers out there it seems like I could hop to and from services.
- smacktoward 13y agoBecause it would be nice to not have to constantly hop to and from services as they die from lack of resources? Because it would be nice to not have to periodically have to re-learn everything as the app you're familiar with dies and you have to switch to an unfamiliar one? Because good software is worth something?