Comment by kvam
3 days ago
I really hate this company and how they operate. Key example, they sold a «lifetime» plan for Day One that was quite expensive. I used it a lot and went for it.
After they saturated the market for lifetime buyers, they started launching new features not included for lifetime buyers. Annoying.
Then they started pushing advertising for upgrading. Very annoying.
Then they started taking away features lifetime plan users had already. Infuriating.
Then they made it so that support was only available for users on a subscription plan. My complaints weren’t even answered. Unforgivable.
Day One was acquired by Automattic in 2021 [1]. The move to a subscription model happened in 2017 [2].
[1]https://dayoneapp.com/blog/the-next-chapter-of-day-one-at-au...
[2] https://medium.com/day-one/day-one-goes-premium-424492fd0a5b
Yes, yet the bulk of my issues outlined in the post were after that.
Either they kept introducing even worse policies, or they allowed them