Comment by terraforming | Hacker News Reader

Comment by terraforming | Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

Matterlist seems interesting. My problem with these kind of services always comes to two things:

- Pricing; - Privacy;

I find it incredibly expensive to spend 5usd (and 10 on some) for essentially a to-do-list software. And you might tell me that it's the price of a coffee, but it really is not. A coffee, where I am from, is much cheaper, but more importantly, everything is subscription based nowadays. How come it is so expensive?

- Privacy: Is that E2EE? I suppose not. Does anyone know of such a project that has E2EE and is not from the US? (edit: apparently, matterlist is from estonia. Good)

Also, you state "Try our native apps now! It's free!". I would, but apparently it's "coming soon". There are no accounts and there is nothing to download yet. Is it even possible to use it right now?

> Is that E2EE?

Not yet. However, this is something I'd absolutely like to see implemented, including for my own personal use. Alternatively, we could use optional LastPass-style encryption based on a master password for task texts, which should be easier to implement (though it will restrict search by task text to client-only).

> How come it is so expensive?

We'll need to be self-sustained for the long term. The app is 100% bootstrapped and there will be no external funding. Plus, a to-do app just cannot afford to be unsustainable, because its closure will hurt a lot of its users. So we'd prefer to scare off some part of our potential user base, but in exchange gain better financial stability and thus longevity.

Also, it may be just me, but the app, as it currently is, with all its rough corners, provides much more value (at least by a couple of orders of magnitude) to me than it's planned monthly cost.

> Also, you state "Try our native apps now! It's free!". I would, but apparently it's "coming soon"

Sorry for that. We haven't publicly announced the app yet, but the site is written and designed as if the app is already available for download, hehce the mismatch.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com