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by imglorp 2106 days ago
Yep and it's also short sighted, eating their future user stream.

Hobby users often show up later in the workplace, where they'll naturally lean toward tools they're familiar with there's an option.

Hobby users also tend to form communities, where they share what they build and learned, more free advertising and more new users.

Plenty of companies would die for a curated new user stream like this.