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Show HN: Serverless VPN for Lifetime

12 points| gigapotential | 1 year ago |serverlessvpn.com

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joshstrange|1 year ago

Not a single mention of how much it will cost you to run on whichever cloud you use. Obviously prices change over time and if they are using spot instances that happens even more so but you could at least ballpark it.

It sure seems like they purposefully not calling that out so they keep parroting “lifetime”. So will this software get updates to support new API versions or other changes these clouds might make? Will it automatically support new regions/instance types? It looks like you have to run the control panel somewhere (not serverless) so that will cost money or require setup to expose it running on local hardware.

I’m having a really hard time not seeing this as borderline scammy.

gigapotential|1 year ago

Your comment is just for internet points.

Other than that I'll answer the questions some of which already have information on website or the installation or product walk-through videos.

how much it will cost you to run on whichever cloud you use: Hetzner being the chepeast at the moment ~$4/mo. Ofcourse your own hardware $0/mo

will this software get updates to support new API versions or other changes these clouds might make?: So far I haven't seen a cloud provide deprecate their APIs (please do provide real example if so) but this would be handled as software update

Will it automatically support new regions?: Via software updates

Will it automatically support new instance types?: Yes already supported, more info on website and product walk-through video

If you'd like to have civil discussion other than calling "scam", futher questions are welcome