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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: 0.45s | source
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fn-mote ◴[18 Sep 25 02:24 UTC] No.45284378[source]▶
I was ready to be unsympathetic - too bad for the company - but then I read TFA and it's a rug pull on a nonprofit teaching coding to kids....

https://hackclub.com/

(They do help clubs sell things, taking "7% of income", so they do have a revenue stream, but the money that Slack wants would pay a veritable army of student interns.)

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enriquto ◴[18 Sep 25 06:58 UTC] No.45286417[source]▶
> a nonprofit teaching coding to kids

that's a perfect teaching occasion, then!

Kids: don't use proprietary services just because they are trendy. Prefer always open standards!

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1. Imustaskforhelp ◴[18 Sep 25 09:24 UTC] No.45287488[source]▶
I am a teenager and I approve this statement!

Although I am not in the nonprofit tbh but maybe one day I would love to apply :>

They sound cool. Sad that bad things happen to the good people.

Slack really is slacking if they are literally asking 195k$ to a literal non profit whose helping kids/teens.

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2. ayoreis ◴[18 Sep 25 11:23 UTC] No.45288263[source]▶
It's really easy to join! There are lots of cool programs currently running. Maybe wait until next week so the migration is done, but do check our website: https://hackclub.com (we have/had 100k people in the Slack)