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by stephenr 3707 days ago
I'm struggling to understand why it's a 'service' at all, as opposed an app that can be purchased, like say http://panic.com/statusboard/
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Interesting thought. It would be complicated to pack this into something that you just purchase. Props integrates into Slack, Salesforce, Zendesk, etc.

Maybe we are not communicating the product well on the site.

Oh I'm sorry, I forgot that provider API's are magical, mythical beasts that must be tamed from an intermediary server, never from a client.

It's OK to say "we don't think enough people will pay enough for a one-time purchase to cover development costs". You don't have to invent some kind of technical reason for it to be a service.

But having said that, I cannot believe that companies would pay the amount you're asking for a service either.