Slack is extorting us with a $195k/yr bill increase
a day ago
- #Slack
- #DataOwnership
- #Nonprofit
- Hack Club, a nonprofit for teen coding education, has used Slack for 11 years, initially on a free nonprofit plan, then paying $5,000/year.
- Slack recently demanded an extra $50k immediately and $200k/year, threatening to deactivate their workspace and delete message history with less than a week's notice.
- The sudden price hike and short notice have caused chaos, forcing staff to scramble to migrate systems and data.
- Hack Club is moving to Mattermost, emphasizing the importance of data ownership, especially for small businesses and nonprofits.
- The post criticizes Salesforce (Slack's owner, a $230B company) for strong-arming a small nonprofit with abrupt financial demands.