""Fickle"? I've been a subscriber to the unlimited tier since seemingly forever, and I didn't realize it was now $7/mo instead of $5/mo. I think in the aggregate, subscriptions are pretty sticky due to inertia, etc."
I wish that were the case and I wish that all customers were like you.
However, I have been tracking - and discussing - these rates with this target market for longer than Backblaze has existed and this market segment is pretty ruthless. They expect google-quality infrastructure at $0-$5 per month and are constantly shopping providers.
We don't market to them at all anymore ... although, I personally can't resist posting in /r/datahoarder from time to time because I like the group ...
I wish that were the case and I wish that all customers were like you.
However, I have been tracking - and discussing - these rates with this target market for longer than Backblaze has existed and this market segment is pretty ruthless. They expect google-quality infrastructure at $0-$5 per month and are constantly shopping providers.
We don't market to them at all anymore ... although, I personally can't resist posting in /r/datahoarder from time to time because I like the group ...