@GergelyOrosz: "We've started to migrate off Airtable, knowing that Bending Spoons will jack up pricing very soon" - from an engineeri…
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Gergely Orosz shares that engineering leads are migrating off Airtable due to expected price hikes from Bending Spoons, citing Harvest's 10x price increase as an example of their acquisition playbook.
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“We’ve started to migrate off Airtable, knowing that Bending Spoons will jack up pricing very soon” - from an engineering lead I talked to.
And THIS below is exactly why: Bending Spoons bought Harvest and is 10x’ing pricing. It’s their known playbook for most acquisitions
Mike Martin (@MikeMartin604): This is actually criminal.
I’ve used @harvest for my freelance business for 13 years and now my Solo plan (211/yr) is about to auto-renew as an Enterprise plan (2547/yr).
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