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Life & fun · April 11, 2012

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My response to "Why isn't your service free?"

At http://trackmydrive.com we have recently started charging for our service. We got our first email stating that our service should be free. Here is our response: Dear xxxxxx, We received your comments expressing concern about the price we have placed on our service. We have decided to charge for the service based on the following reasons: 1. There are hosting and development charges that we pay to provide the service. We had to pay to develop the program and continue to pay for the data that is stored on our website. Without this capability we would not be able to provide the reports –the…

My response to "Why isn't your service free?" launched on April 11, 2012 with 14 votes, #102 of 446 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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TrackMyDrive is a service that tracks driving activity and generates reports for users. The service began charging a fee to cover hosting, development costs, and data storage expenses. The makers chose a paid model over ad-supported alternatives to avoid cluttering users' devices with advertisements and to maintain a simplified user experience.

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