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by x0x0 4305 days ago
fair enough, but how many people who can't setup cron need ifttt's functionality? I'm somewhat skeptical.

And even if they do need ifttt, investors need to turn that $30m into $300m. It's almost a sure bet -- unless you believe that somehow advertising is going to pay the bills -- that ifttt will start taxing users, publishers, or both. Which will end up sucking for all of us. Too bad craigslist didn't implement this...
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frankdenbow 4305 days ago
There are lots of folks, who are not developers, who would want to send a linkedin invite to every new twitter follower, or get emails about the top apps in the app store, or log all your text messages to google drive. Heck, developers who don't want to spend the time to build and maintain a system would use it also.

Check out their recipes for a better understanding of how people are using the service: https://ifttt.com/recipes

Agreed on your second point.

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radiorental 4305 days ago
If you go to the accounts page, you'll see this text

"Premium accounts are on the way!

We are working to make IFTTT even more valuable to you. "

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