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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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1806 points JustSkyfall | 4 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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junar ◴[18 Sep 25 02:13 UTC] No.45284260[source]▶
I really wish this post had more details.

How was the price computed? If Slack charging per user, how did this organization have so many users? Why is their new provider more favorable in pricing?

If Slack was previously offering a nonprofit discount, what happened to it? Did they decide that this organization was ineligible, or are they shutting it down in general?

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1. sadeshmukh ◴[18 Sep 25 02:30 UTC] No.45284440[source]▶
The price came out of nowhere for Hack Club. Slack had a unique agreement, also lowering the minimum age, with this specific nonprofit. I'd argue that for their scale, 200k/yr from 5k/yr with a week of warning is absolutely crazy. And I'm talking from experience - I got this message literally today, out of the blue, that after eleven years, we had to migrate within days. The community is so much larger than I imagined previously, and it sucks that it just had to end this way.
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2. 48terry ◴[18 Sep 25 04:13 UTC] No.45285301[source]▶
Yeah, like, it's weird to wish for more details, because I'm sure Hack Club is wishing they also had more details right now! If they knew the what and why of it, it'd probably be in the post!
3. mcv ◴[18 Sep 25 08:28 UTC] No.45287052[source]▶
I find this absolutely ridiculous and I question how this can even be legal. Surely a contract cannot be unilaterally changed on such short notice?

Imagine your landlord increased the rent by 4000% and it's due in 5 days or you're out on the street.

Sure, they have the right to increase their prices, but there should be at least a month notice for something like this.

4. fdsfdsfdsaasd ◴[18 Sep 25 10:31 UTC] No.45287927[source]▶
How long have you had the bill alluded to in the top comment?