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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

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2071 points JustSkyfall | 1 comments | 18 Sep 25 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | 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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whywhywhywhy ◴[18 Sep 25 09:11 UTC] No.45287386[source]▶
Financials are here, not too surprising if sales at Slack saw this they'd charge more

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/812...

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1. kevin_thibedeau ◴[18 Sep 25 13:27 UTC] No.45289438[source]▶
Looks like it's time for them to sponsor an open source Slack-killer.