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So I want to share a story about user asking for a feature then not using it.

I run an email forwarding services(https://hanami.run) basically you add your domains in and add some records.

We had this one heavy users who has like hundreds of domains. So our UI isn't design for that. Who has hundreds of domains? So they approach and asked us for a way to organize those domains into a hierarchy structure.

All good.

They are paid our highest tier ($30 per month) so we prioritize the requests and work on it.

2 days later that same user downgrade to the lowest plan and delete all of their hundred of domains...

That complicated features remain unused to nowadays...



If I'm being honest, that sounds like a net win for you and your company. Even if they aren't still around, now you've got a better and more attractive interface!


Yes but the question is - what do they NOT have because of this. Sounds like they bumped something more valuable to get this done.


Any how much does it cost to maintain a not-used, complicated feature going forward.


This. Now every new feature in that area of code is more complicated than it could be, for no benefit.


It's a pretty cool tool. You just got a new customer :)




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