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Astrobin to charge subscription fee from 2016
I received an email overnight advising that my Astrobin account will cost $36 USD pa beginning in 2016. It seems the software needs to be rewritten and updated so users are being asked to pay an ongoing subscription fee to finance redevelopment and ongoing maintenance and services. Free accounts will still be available but limited to ten images and no RAW files.
If you have an Astrobin account you will be receiving this email shortly.
I don't know that I am prepared to pay $50 AUD pa for a jpg storage facility, when there are reasonable cloud alternatives, admittedly without plate solving. It apears adverting will now be pushed in the new site as well. More to come on this I am sure.
Last edited by glend; 06-11-2015 at 06:28 AM.
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