Commercial DDNS providers impose restrictive usage limits
Self-hosters and hobbyist developers find major DDNS providers too restrictive — limited entries, forced upsells, and unreliable free tiers. The problem is real but niche, and the free/open-source expectation in this segment suppresses willingness to pay.
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