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by cassianoleal 1055 days ago
> The most affordable blogging platform on the market.

prose.sh is free. How is 29/y more affordable?
2 comments
lolinder 1055 days ago
It's framed as a competitor to WordPress and Ghost. Prose.sh is neat, but this is its getting started page:

> To get started, simply ssh into our content management system

A blogging platform that is accessed by "simply" sshing in isn't in the same market as WordPress.

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lockhouse 1055 days ago
Free for as long as the maintainers feel like working on it and footing the bill.

What happens when the costs or maintenance require more money or time than they're willing to put into it?

After being burned by "free" so many times, I've grown suspicious of depending on anything like this where there is no obvious path to monetization.

I'm sure prose.sh is a lovely platform, but at least with $29/year I can see the means and motivation to keep it running.

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