Comment by skymt | Hacker News Reader

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(Edit: Disregard this comment. Copyto has a fine business plan, a flat $1.99/month fee.)

I have a policy of only investing my time in a service if I know their monetization plan, to avoid getting burned by shutdowns or features moved to premium account plans. Does Copyto have one yet? I see no ads, the privacy policy is strict enough to make data-mining impossible, and there doesn't seem to be a way to pay.

Other than that, this looks great. It has all the features I use on Pinboard, and the thumbnail view could be handy.

I'm confused by your comment and the replies to it. Maybe the page changed since you posted it, but if you visit the sign up page[1] now, it says (in big letters, right up at the top left):

    just for $1.99/month
    no limit, no fancy premium upgrades.
    no contract needed, cancel anytime.

[1] http://copyto.co/signup.php

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see that. Disregard my comment.

Yea. That was my impression too. Pinboard has a monetization model that looks to be pretty stable. This doesn't look like it necessarily has a business plan other than 'social.'

I noticed that after you signup there is a Paypal subscription fee of 1.99 per month

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