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by balsamiq 5221 days ago
We're not too worried about it, I have found that the old "the more you give the more you get" adage really has some truth to it. I also fundamentally believe in the goodness of people. Those who want to take advantage of you always will, but the vast majority of people do not live to take advantage of other's hard work, or at least I like to believe so.

That said, there's one thing we did to prevent people from using the UX.SE.COM integration as a non-nagging web version: you cannot export from the editor, just Import. You can only save the BMML from the publicly posted image of the mockup on the UX question page. So if you want to save your work, you have to do it in public. Not a huge step, but we think it's enough.

Peldi

2 comments

Really digging your attitude - Awesome! This could be one of the coolest implementations of the freemium model I have seen yet.
Great reply, i'm sure this approach will pay dividends down the line!