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1. 999900+b4[view] [source] 2025-05-13 09:22:46
>>amanch+(OP)
Find a way to make it free to start.

This is how Firebase, Supabase and friends work.

Getting 100 people to sign up for a free service is still work, but significantly less.

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2. Crules+79[view] [source] 2025-05-13 10:20:41
>>999900+b4
Making it 100X harder to get them to pay for it subsequently. "If you’re good at something, never do it for free" - Joseph Joker MBA JD.

If not, then you are in the ad business.

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3. hluska+O61[view] [source] 2025-05-13 17:00:23
>>Crules+79
Many successful companies that we’ve all heard of have free tiers. They offer free tiers because it works. They’re certainly not in the ad business.
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4. Crules+vt1[view] [source] 2025-05-13 19:12:58
>>hluska+O61
Many people win in a casino. Forget the majority who do not. Competing on price, unless you are Toyota or Google, is a low probability move.
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