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Don't be a Free User

A nice rant against free web services by the creator of Pinboard. I particularly like the distinction he makes between free software and free web services:

I love free software and could not have built my site without it. But free web services are not like free software. If your free software project suddenly gets popular, you gain resources: testers, developers and people willing to pitch in. If your free website takes off, you lose resources. Your time is spent firefighting and your money all goes to the nice people at Linode.