How long until we should start loudly complaining about the hacker community's utter dependence on the privately-run web service that is IFTTT ?
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I'm a hacker...
I never touch IFTTT..
I have a home server, scripting, an XMPP bot, SSH,remind, etc. So why would I ever need IFTTT. I'm going on the assumption that most "Hackers" are in the same or similar circumstances.. I always figured that IFTTT was, like FB, or Pinterest and the like for the masses that don't care about privacy.
Am I wrong on this? Are many/any people here using it?
Freemor at 2016-10-14T11:20:28Z
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Though I've never used it, I've seen many "recipes" that used IFTTT as a trigger for responding to events.
Exactly; I don't use it either, but there's a phenomenal number of "solve problem X" how-tos that start with "If you don't have an IFTTT account, sign up now. It's free!"
Thus, I am predicting that at some point in the future, the community will tip over into backlash. Much the same as it does for other "free as in SaaS" services. It just sort of mystifies me that we haven't reached that point yet. IMHO, that reaction seems overdue -- IFTTT is as widespread as (e.g.) DropBox and Thingiverse were when the "hey this isn't Free" tipping point hit. Puzzling that it still hasn't occurred.
Nathan Willis at 2016-10-15T09:37:46Z
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