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I believe it's so bad. Yeah, there's the new, does the focus state stuff exist on Mac yet?

I believe it's so bad. Yeah, there's the new, does the focus state stuff exist on Mac yet?

So I'm sure he won't mind me sharing this. One of the most ingenious things I ever heard from Underscore is that for one of his apps for analytics, he was just – Having the app just make a URL request to his server and encode a bunch of stuff in the URL. Now, this URL was actually not a real page on his server. It would just 404, which would be logged to the error log, which he could then parse.

So I'm sure he won't mind me sharing this. One of the most ingenious things I ever heard from Underscore is that for one of his apps for analytics, he was just – Having the app just make a URL request to his server and encode a bunch of stuff in the URL. Now, this URL was actually not a real page on his server. It would just 404, which would be logged to the error log, which he could then parse.

Yeah, and if you think about what you need for privacy protection is basically don't associate anything with people's IP addresses. At this context, that's basically all you need to do is don't have any kind of persistent customer identifier in those requests and don't associate IP addresses with them.

Yeah, and if you think about what you need for privacy protection is basically don't associate anything with people's IP addresses. At this context, that's basically all you need to do is don't have any kind of persistent customer identifier in those requests and don't associate IP addresses with them.

you can make a custom HTTP log that has just these query strings for things of this format and logs it to a log that does not log IP addresses with a fairly straightforward NGINX or whatever configuration.

you can make a custom HTTP log that has just these query strings for things of this format and logs it to a log that does not log IP addresses with a fairly straightforward NGINX or whatever configuration.

By the way, I think for pricing, we got a bunch of feedback on how you should price this app.

By the way, I think for pricing, we got a bunch of feedback on how you should price this app.

Yeah. What I have come around to being the best price is a consumable IAP price per reclaim.

Yeah. What I have come around to being the best price is a consumable IAP price per reclaim.

Yes, I think it is. Come on, man. I know. I'm just saying, upon further thought and upon replaying Casey's argument in my head over and over again, definitely, that's how I was convinced.

Yes, I think it is. Come on, man. I know. I'm just saying, upon further thought and upon replaying Casey's argument in my head over and over again, definitely, that's how I was convinced.

Upon further thought, I do think, given all the trade-offs, given your desire for ongoing revenue, given how you want to be able to fund future things and make the app better to be able to reclaim more space and everything, And because of the nature of it being like most people are going to have most of the value be like this one time upfront thing.

Upon further thought, I do think, given all the trade-offs, given your desire for ongoing revenue, given how you want to be able to fund future things and make the app better to be able to reclaim more space and everything, And because of the nature of it being like most people are going to have most of the value be like this one time upfront thing.

You know, I think about, you know, a kind of similar but not quite market is those like SD card data recovery tools where those are those are almost always like, you know, you don't get a free trial for your SD card data recovery tool because chances are if you have a need for that kind of app. You need it right now, probably once, and then you'll never use it again.

You know, I think about, you know, a kind of similar but not quite market is those like SD card data recovery tools where those are those are almost always like, you know, you don't get a free trial for your SD card data recovery tool because chances are if you have a need for that kind of app. You need it right now, probably once, and then you'll never use it again.

Or maybe you'll use it again five years from now. You will again desperately need it right now. So those apps are priced and are structured such that all their value is up front, so they don't give you a week free or anything. You just have to pay for it if you want to recover the data. Maybe you can see the data before paying, but then to actually get the data, you have to pay.

Or maybe you'll use it again five years from now. You will again desperately need it right now. So those apps are priced and are structured such that all their value is up front, so they don't give you a week free or anything. You just have to pay for it if you want to recover the data. Maybe you can see the data before paying, but then to actually get the data, you have to pay.