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by thisnotmyacc 3436 days ago
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/ - pretty much everything you just said.
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In case anyone sees this and not your other comment (which is now at the bottom of the page), I replied to it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13505465
If you want a hand with some design work for the site, drop me a note. I'd be happy to help, and local to you.
Sound like a poorly founded rant:

* No need to use DMS, cron emails you the output of your tasks anyway. A three-line script can be used to "only email on error".

* The proposed pricing model goes against everything that tarsnap stands for, charging arbitrary amounts placing users in arbitrary ranges.

* The proposed pricing model means a 13x price increase for me (WTF!?).

* No need to be a sysadmin or anything alike to configure it. Granted, it's not for the masses, but for anyone in the tech industry, it's just a matter of RTFM.

Want something for end-users? Write a nice UI wrapper around tarsnap and overcharge that. Same backend, different product.