Comment by fevangelou
4 years ago
The business model of Unattach seems problematic though. Folks with storage issues are the ones who will not want to pay to increase storage for their Google account (not judging) but they would pay for a service to delete attachments?
Yes. While this service is cheaper than the upgrade, it is in a narrow space if they are competing on price. And with the files unattached you now have a convenience issue.
They have a potential marketplace of one with me.
Google have made the process of paying for storage (for me) so miserable that I would consider this. A stop gap until I ditch google altogether.
Nor sure it will scale though.
Hi LightG, author of Unattach here. I'm happy to hear that you're considering using the app.
Regarding scale, practically all of the work is done within the user's browser; the server is used only for downloading the app, auth, admin and metrics.
Yeah who has 10 bucks a year but doesn’t have 25?
You missed the world of file hosting services connected to the world of piracy.
Plus it’s more likely that one would pay $10, clean up the inbox and move on, compared to $25 yearly forever.
>You missed the world of file hosting services connected to the world of piracy.
Honestly, I think this is just very different markets. With piracy (esp. of movies), you simply get a better product than if you don't use piracy: you can get stuff outside your market, you can get subtitles you don't get with your normal streaming service, you don't need to subscribe to 12 different services at once, you don't have to worry about not being able to watch a movie because your internet connection is down, you don't have to watch a bunch of ads, etc. Piracy isn't just about saving money.
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Some users will think of it as a one-time fee, rather than annual. Or "once every few years". Also, free plan is sufficient to remove costliest large attachments.