Launch HN: Optery (YC W22) – Remove your personal info from the internet
Hi there,<p>just signed up for your free service, and wow, it&#x27;s creepy to see my childhood home phone number just sitting there next to my name and current address so many times. Three things:<p>First, I&#x27;m looking at your paid plans, and what I actually want right now is just to pay $10 to have this current batch taken care of, and then I can repeat the process any time I happen to think about it. I know that&#x27;s not what you want as a business, and I&#x27;m sure it&#x27;s not what your backers want, but I can&#x27;t see why a monthly subscription service is the right model from a user&#x27;s POV. All I really want is to periodically wipe the slate clean.<p>Second, I see that you have the most expensive plan labeled as &quot;MOST POPULAR,&quot; and I&#x27;m afraid I just don&#x27;t believe that that&#x27;s true; and given how much your business relies on trust, something about the breeziness&#x2F;sleaziness of this tactic seems out of place.<p>And third, a general comment -- this seems like a cool idea for a company, But I&#x27;m surprised YC was interested in it. I personally can&#x27;t see any way that this becomes a billion dollar business, or 100 billion, or whatever returns VCs are looking for. But heck, if I was able to guess that kind of thing, I&#x27;d be out there doing it.<p>Good luck y&#x27;all