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by kawin 2786 days ago
Thanks for the feedback! User privacy is definitely important to me, especially since users might be entering recruiting / product-related data into the app. The text that you analyze is not stored on any Toasted database (the most recent text you analyze is stored as a cookie so that you don't lose progress if you accidentally close the tab). Moving forward, I'll work on options to allow for anonymous payment.

I definitely wasn't planning to base pricing on what users were submitting or how frequently they were using the app. I was initially thinking of selling to businesses rather than individual consumers, and enterprise pricing is pretty variable -- based on factors like head count, which categories (e.g., 'accountants', 'doctors') would be useful, etc. Hence the flexible pricing model. If there's enough interest among individual users though -- which there seems to be -- I'd be happy to offer a basic tier that's transparent.

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I appreciate where you're coming from, and accept you're sincere in not desiring to base pricing on content, but users can't know that conclusively. I wouldn't want, and couldn't accept, my drafts being technically subject to subpoena. Regardless, there is value in your offering, however the lack of verifiable privacy reduces the scope of what I could submit and thus reduces the value I can get from it.

I would pay for this as a personal advantage, while refraining from mentioning use of it to my colleagues. We all ask others for review and assistance in composing written or prepared remarks, especially when the stakes are high, but we are reticent to openly acknowledge receiving help in order to avoid causing the audience to feel we're insincere. To varying degrees this is true from spell checkers to speech writers.