Keygen Dist
Infrastructure
software distribution and auto-update
SHOW HN2017
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#1,821of 2,242 in 2017
Top 82%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful answers on vendor lock-in concerns
From 1 comment
Thanks. For 1, yes, it was mainly about pricing changes. Once you're embedded in software it's pretty much a commitment for the lifetime of that version of the product, at least.…
heroprotagonist on HN
Objections
Pricing changes could create vendor lock-in risk
From 2 comments
Questions.. Is this a white-label service, in that any URLs used within product can point to our own domains? Regarding product lock-in: 1) Are future pricing changes tied to…
heroprotagonist on HNThanks. For 1, yes, it was mainly about pricing changes. Once you're embedded in software it's pretty much a commitment for the lifetime of that version of the product, at least.…
heroprotagonist on HN
No whitelabel custom domain support yet
From 2 comments
Questions.. Is this a white-label service, in that any URLs used within product can point to our own domains? Regarding product lock-in: 1) Are future pricing changes tied to…
heroprotagonist on HNThanks for the questions! So I'm currently working on making both the licensing and distribution APIs support whitelabeling via a CNAME DNS record, but at the moment, no, it's…
ezekg on HN
Requests
Whitelabel support via custom domains
From 1 comment
Questions.. Is this a white-label service, in that any URLs used within product can point to our own domains? Regarding product lock-in: 1) Are future pricing changes tied to…
heroprotagonist on HN
Questions
Whether future pricing changes affect already-released versions
From 1 comment
Questions.. Is this a white-label service, in that any URLs used within product can point to our own domains? Regarding product lock-in: 1) Are future pricing changes tied to…
heroprotagonist on HN