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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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1720 points JustSkyfall | 2 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | source
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arp242 ◴[18 Sep 25 02:00 UTC] No.45284119[source]▶
Did you have a special deal with Slack? I don't understand how they can just increase the price with a few days notice?
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galaxy_gas ◴[18 Sep 25 02:04 UTC] No.45284174[source]▶
Hackclub is small Nonprofit it may be this https://slack.com/help/articles/204368833-Apply-for-the-Slac...
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Illniyar ◴[18 Sep 25 02:22 UTC] No.45284347[source]▶
So it seems like Slack took them off the nonprofit plan. That's a different story altogether and makes more sense for the timeline involved.

If they determined that Hacker Club violated some terms of the nonprofit demanding they move to regular or be kicked out seems not as bad

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1. Vegenoid ◴[18 Sep 25 03:22 UTC] No.45284893[source]▶
I can't imagine any scenario that justifies an out-of-the blue demand of $50k within a week or your data is deleted. The only way this isn't an awful thing to inflict on a teen education nonprofit is if there have been conversations happening that weren't disclosed in the post - conversations that would have illuminated this possibility.

Although frankly this is a good lesson for a bunch of young hackers to learn.

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2. Illniyar ◴[18 Sep 25 10:53 UTC] No.45288084[source]▶
Not saying this is the case, or that slack thinks it is, but -

If slack found out that the company isn't really a non-profit, or that it violated the requirements in the non-profit agreement (such as promoting discrimination) it would justify a demand for immediate payment in my opinion.