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Reliable Pricing: Send pictures for 2¢/message and receive pictures for just 1¢/message.

Storage: Store 5GB of pictures you send and receive for free, then just 20¢ per additional GB.

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Thanks, I scanned over that section and missed it.

20 cents a GB? ick.

That is a pretty steep rate, but I figure you'd treat their storage like an "INBOX" and grab images through the API and put it into your own persistent storage. So, the 5GB free component should probably cover a good number of use-cases.

I guess. Still feels like you're getting gouged when you know they're getting discounted S3 storage rates based on their utilization.

Fully heard and appreciated. Obviously, the storage of this media does have real cost, but feedback on the pricepoint is helpful.

Thank you.

Thanks Rob. I understand you have costs, but with both compute and storage prices plummeting, it stands out when you have an outlier like that.

They wrote the code, run the servers, pay for the storage, pay the telcos, pay the employees, have investors who want a return on their money, etc., etc.. In other words, they have actual costs associated with providing a needed service to those of us who don't want to implement it ourselves.

So I can't have the opinion that their price for something is exorbitant just because they're a business that has costs? What world do you live in?

Think of this as a 5GB cache :)

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