• x00z@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I once received 1TB free ‘lifetime’ storage from a hoster. After gladly using it for 5 years, I suddenly had to start paying €5 per month because “they could not maintain the operating costs”.

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      1 hour ago

      Attract people with free, then try to charge them when you reach sufficiently large user numbers. Tale as old as the tech bubble.

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        15 minutes ago

        Well to be honest; the original hoster was amazing. But they got bought by a big hosting group and it turned to shit after that.