Episode 524: It Did Start To Bug Me

08/03/22 • -1 min

Manton tells Daniel more about his experience with Blinksale, how they raised his monthly fee to account for features that he didn’t receive. They talk about our collective tendency as customers to lose track of the amount we are paying for subscription services that raise their prices regularly over time. Daniel explains that he shipped MarsEdit 4.6 but that it doesn’t include all the updates he hoped for, and they elaborate on the challenge of continuing to ship updates while perpetually having to put off certain changes.

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Links:

Blinksale – A super simple invoicing company that was even simpler for Manton than it was for new users.
Netflix – Video streaming service that Daniel and Manton both like enough to not really know how much they pay.
Our First Price Change – Slack announces oddly precise pricing increases, and a change of its terms for free accounts.
MarsEdit 4.6 – Daniel’s blog post about the latest release of his Mac blogging app.
Out-Heart the Competition – Video of Daniel’s 2015 talk about embracing competitors.
React Native – Popular framework from Facebook that Manton is adopting for Micro.blog.

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Many thanks to our sponsor this week:

TextExpander: Communicate Smarter.

Links:

Blinksale – A super simple invoicing company that was even simpler for Manton than it was for new users.
Netflix – Video streaming service that Daniel and Manton both like enough to not really know how much they pay.
Our First Price Change – Slack announces oddly precise pricing increases, and a change of its terms for free accounts.
MarsEdit 4.6 – Daniel’s blog post about the latest release of his Mac blogging app.
Out-Heart the Competition – Video of Daniel’s 2015 talk about embracing competitors.
React Native – Popular framework from Facebook that Manton is adopting for Micro.blog.

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Episode 523: A Secret Futurist

Daniel and Manton talk about plans for MarsEdit 5, requiring a later version of macOS, and even employing SwiftUI in the new version. When is it the right time to drop support for older OSes because of the lure of newer features? Then they talk about when a major upgrade is “paid upgrade-worthy” and which platforms Daniel should invest in for MarsEdit’s future.

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Links:

Micro.blog – Manton’s indie blogging platform.
MarsEdit – Daniel’s blogging app for macOS.
Tumblr – Automattic-owned microblogging platform that seems less vital than it was once.
SwiftUI is all I want to do – Daniel’s 2019 tweet that SwiftUI is fun.
Productivity sinkhole – Daniel’s 2019 tweet that SwiftUI isn’t ready for him to use.

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Episode 525: Another Litmus Test

Daniel and Manton talk about Manton’s decision to cancel his Blinksale account, after 16 years of service. They weigh the relative value of the thousands of dollars paid as a fraction of the overall business conducted. They talk about Stripe’s increasing dominance in the world of financial services, and how they even offer a comparable invoicing product as a built-in feature.

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Many thanks to our sponsor this week:

RevenueCat: In-app subscriptions made easy. Also check out the Sub Club Podcast!

Links:

Blinksale – Invoicing SaaS that Manton used for 16 years.
Micro.blog – Manton’s microblogging service.
Write.as – A service that offered a 5-year subscription plan.
Stripe Invoicing – Comparable service to Blinksale from the popular payment processor.
Braintree – A payment processing service owned by PayPal.
Shopify – Payment processing that focuses on full-service hosted intefaces.
wooCommerce – Automattic’s WordPress-based eCommerce service.