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by bachmeier 2170 days ago
> And if you sign up and don’t like it then $22 is not that much money[1].

??

I'm not giving $22 to someone I don't know and then saying, "Well the service sucks, but it's not much money." He claims to give refunds, but the time cost for me - assuming I actually get it - would be far more than $22. Again, this is 2020, the world has moved on from this type of business model.

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Wait, the time cost of asking for a refund or the time cost of trying out a service you ended up not using? The former seems trifling, and the latter applies even if there was a free trial.
To me it’s definitely worth it since I think Pinboard is a really great service and I use it every day. YMMV.
the world has only moved away from this model because the world is filled with fake unprofitable companies filled to the brim with vc money while trying to monopolize their respective markets with too good to be true pricing.

Pinboard is an old school business. You pay money for a service, and if you don’t like it you get a refund.