Do you have any plans to make a premium service for your services to prevent things like periodic cleanings and whatnot?

What is deterring you if no?

I know lots of people probably use your service for free, but I'm almost certain that people would pay money for an online database. I would certainly contribute a couple bucks a month. It beats NOT collecting money and only making revenue off of ads.

Hi,

no, there aren't any such plans. There are multiple reasons, but the most important reason is that charging for the service adds responsibility and duties which I can't offer. If you pay for a service you have a right (legally and/or morally) to have certain expectations. With my available resources (both in terms of money and time) I will probably not be able to meet these expectations.

Apart of the fact that db4free.net will remain a testing service, and with a testing service there is always a possibility that something goes wrong, so data may get lost unintentionally. If you paid for the service and I lose your data, you may consider suing me. If however I offer db4free.net as is and without any guarantees (as I do), I'm pretty safe.

So I believe the current model probably works best . If you have a need for a reliable database provider which can guarantee for your data safety or also for a minimum amount of availability, a commercial provider is certainly the better choice.

Cheers,
Markus

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