Looking for feedback on a new project

Hey, all! I’m working on a new project to upgrade our self-hosting capabilities. It’s a cloud storage alternative to Nextcloud and Owncloud. They were too complex for my tastes so I wrote my own! It let’s you choose your storage directory and upload/download to and from it over the internet. That’s it!

Right now I’m thinking $9.99 for a LIFETIME purchase DRM FREE. Is that reasonable?

Alternatively I was wondering if maybe instead I should try to sell cloud storage itself? I’m really passionate about the cloud stuff I’ve been building and I’m looking for a way to finance getting deeper into it and further development.

  • Party_9001@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It let’s you choose your storage directory and upload/download to and from it over the internet. That’s it!

    VPN + network share…?

    Right now I’m thinking $9.99 for a LIFETIME purchase DRM FREE. Is that reasonable?

    From the single sentence explaining what it does, absolutely not. I can choose a directory and share it within 10 minutes.

    Alternatively I was wondering if maybe instead I should try to sell cloud storage itself?

    You aren’t the first person to come up with this idea, nor will you be the last.

    a way to finance getting deeper into it

    Better finance some lawyers first. What are you going to do as soon as you get a DMCA notice? Or if one of your tenants store something super illegal? Lmao

    • DonstaTheMonsta@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Those questions are why I’m hesitant about hosting and would prefer to just sell the software to host. Also, your profile says you have a huge setup. Running your own cloud is obviously something you can do, but most people can’t. My app would be for them.