[capableweb]

I agree that it's a perfectly fine way of ending a free service. No guarantees = can end whenever, author is free to do whatever they feel.

However, I'm not sure the conclusion of "make the platform charge you" is the right conclusion if the goal is to have a service that A) doesn't disappear and B) won't make you have to do more work after setting it up (eg: doesn't change).

[bryanrasmussen]

well if you want it to never change in any way you don't want it to change then obviously the correct solution is build it yourself.

[necovek]

You don't have to build it yourself as long as you can host it yourself from software someone else has built. ;-)