Thursday 25 February 2016
Mandrill has long been Mailchimp’s standalone email service for developers needing to send transactional email from their apps. Today, the company has announced a bizarre developer-hostile move: it’s turning the standalone service into a Mailchimp add-on that requires a paid Mailchimp account — or risk losing their service. Mailchimp justifies the change because its competitors, like Amazon SES or Sendgrid provide a better “utilitarian” service for customers that’s cheaper and more efficient — so the company wants to compete on features instead of price. Fixed the Mandrill home page, in light of recent developments. http://pic.twitter.com/wn4Ph5LY3o — shawn roos (@shawnroos) February 25,…
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