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Why you should charge more for your app subscriptions
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App subscriptions were always inevitable
The future will be paid for in small increments
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I don't know what the fuss is about. Anthropic's rules on using subscriptions are very simple:Claude Code = OKClaude's online platform = OKAgent SDK running in personal software = OK... ish?Agent SDK running in commercial software = NOT OKClaude Code running in CI = ??Oh,… https://t.co/IDYSh7QPOo— Matt Pocock (@mattpocockuk) April 4, 2026
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What would premium or subscription based Feeds look like for AT Protocol? github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/4… That's something I think would be interesting to explore. Maybe a feed could do freemium too, like it'll give you x% of content for free, but by paying it becomes more frequently updated?
So of course we followed suit with the @standard.site integration! The subscription buttons now appear in your activity stream, both when you publish an article, or when you post (or repost) it on @bsky.app Check out how this looks on the Profile-of-the-Day from @renderg.host:
Bluesky
v1.122 is rolling out today, featuring a better way to discover and share articles, blog posts and newsletters across the Atmosphere via new, dynamic Standard.site link cards. 🧵
Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
digiday.comTotally forgot to tell you about the best feature of AtmoPay: subscriptions work across app boundaries. Here a screenshot from @skeetsapp.com that unlocks the same creator content for the subscriber.
Eurosky Sebastian
It’s currently in R&D mode, integrating with #ATProto Spaces. You can test it with a spaces-ready account by navigating to this user account: app.flashes.blue/profile/ben-creator.spaces-al…
I realise I'm probably pretty dense but the stansite subscription UX perplexes me. I hit the subscribe button. I'm not subscribed, but sent to blog landing page and asked to install an app. (But isn't the idea that I can subscribe to a stansite without installing multiple apps?).../1
Brittany Ellich
Hello! I've been at Bluesky for a bit over a month now and have a lot of thoughts, which are now going to be tucked away in this cute lil blog on @pckt.blog First up: Atmospheric Groups, an effort that we are working on in the Atmosphere community that I'm very excited about 👀👀
