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...because they recently changed their service / upped their prices, etc.
1. Feedly (www.feedly.com)
my current plan (Pro) is 6$ a month and maintains its features because I'm a long-time client despite some of these features having been used to a new plan (Pro+ for 8.5$), which also brings Newsletter & Tweet-curation, and some nifty AI-filter automation on topics.
I'm currently staying put, but I'm tempted, because it's a service I use frequently and daily and the additional features would be useful. Also, so far they always did a lot of testing, also community-testing on their features, and so far got it right. There are a couple features in Pro I didn't use so far, but I'll probably give them a test / shake up, to see if the upgrade would be worth it.
2. IFTTT (www.ifttt.com)
goes pro (for at least 1.99$ a month if one takes it before October) or way more expensive later (think 10 bucks a month). Free accounts get limited to prefabricated applets and three self-made ones.
No. Fucking. Way.
Yes, they are easy to use and know a ton of services, but most of the services can already be GAssted or automated via smartphone / Tasker, and it often takes ages for an applet to trigger. Definitely not worth the money, even if they allow multiple triggers now (again - GA & Tasker are way more granular than they could hope to be). Their service ought to be good before becoming expensive!
1. Feedly (www.feedly.com)
my current plan (Pro) is 6$ a month and maintains its features because I'm a long-time client despite some of these features having been used to a new plan (Pro+ for 8.5$), which also brings Newsletter & Tweet-curation, and some nifty AI-filter automation on topics.
I'm currently staying put, but I'm tempted, because it's a service I use frequently and daily and the additional features would be useful. Also, so far they always did a lot of testing, also community-testing on their features, and so far got it right. There are a couple features in Pro I didn't use so far, but I'll probably give them a test / shake up, to see if the upgrade would be worth it.
2. IFTTT (www.ifttt.com)
goes pro (for at least 1.99$ a month if one takes it before October) or way more expensive later (think 10 bucks a month). Free accounts get limited to prefabricated applets and three self-made ones.
No. Fucking. Way.
Yes, they are easy to use and know a ton of services, but most of the services can already be GAssted or automated via smartphone / Tasker, and it often takes ages for an applet to trigger. Definitely not worth the money, even if they allow multiple triggers now (again - GA & Tasker are way more granular than they could hope to be). Their service ought to be good before becoming expensive!
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Date: 2020-09-19 12:38 (UTC)From:IFTTT... was useful once, for example to turn on the lights needed for the roomba to find its path in the dark hallway once it starts, but it's become so lagging that the lights often only come on when the bot is already stuck - that's more than half an hour after trigger time. To call that abysmal would be flattery.
If your use isn't time criticial within approx. 2 hours, then it might work. The free version now is very limited, but if that's enough. Sure, why not, at least they have decent system security with TFA for the accounts. But I wouldn't consider paying for them.