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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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1806 points JustSkyfall | 6 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.786s | source | bottom
1. ivewonyoung ◴[18 Sep 25 02:14 UTC] No.45284264[source]▶
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2. blantonl ◴[18 Sep 25 02:14 UTC] No.45284269[source]▶
I agree. If this was Oracle I might not have too difficult of a time believing this is all of the story. But I do think in this case there is more to the story.
3. 3eb7988a1663 ◴[18 Sep 25 02:28 UTC] No.45284426[source]▶
I am willing to believe these things do happen. Different vendor, but I have experienced a price jumping 3x with one month notice before the annual renewal.
4. prng2021 ◴[18 Sep 25 02:31 UTC] No.45284448[source]▶
Yes that was two weeks ago, but what is the relevance of that to this post?
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5. sadeshmukh ◴[18 Sep 25 02:32 UTC] No.45284461[source]▶
It did happen, at least from the perspective of a one year member. We had zero warning, and even core staff were caught off guard. Our migration basically began now.
6. rchaud ◴[18 Sep 25 02:40 UTC] No.45284545{3}[source]▶
Fired account managers aren't sending any emails to their customers.