[jonshariat]

I got into the "beta" last night only to find out it was a 1 week trial and the cost was $100/year. (Also when claiming emails short addresses costs even more money per year).

Right off the bat it put a really bad taste in my mouth. I'm helping you test your product. Changing your email is a really big commitment, I can't imagine this is the way to convince people to try it.

[balladeer]

Wait, don't they allow custom domains? I think this lock-in, even if it is for reinvented email, ought to be a big "no".

[hguant]

No no, you see, you must be _brave_, be _bold_ and irrevocably tie yourself to our product.

[devdas]

I believe that it on their TODO list.

[1123581321]

It was explicitly a rollout of a release, not a beta. They weren’t expecting any testing from you. You never saw any beta language on hey.com or your signup email.

Proof from Jason: https://mobile.twitter.com/jasonfried/status/126602572713423...