• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    I mean she’s got a point. I used to do web design and the number of people who reckoned that it should cost the equivalent of $40 was ridiculous. I’d required at least 10 times that just as compensation from having to work with shopify.

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      One of the main reasons I got into hardware is because there’s an inherent bias that digital things have no intrinsic value.

      Like, you might expect a calculator app to be free, but nobody expects a calculator to be free.

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      … did you market yourself as a stuck up prick who can’t budget well?

      Or did you maybe save that for some stage of contract negotiations?

      There are ways to dance the dance; hers seems to be the equivalent of loudly complain that no one is picking her to dance with because no one can afford her.

      Just not a good strategy.

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        Well I certainly found it was a good idea to not keep the customer in the dark about my prices. If I’m going to be expensive I might as well tell them outright, it’s not like I’m going to get more customers if I led them on.