Launch Directories Are a Grift That Sells Nothing to People Who Have Nothing

Dev.to•Fri, Oct 16, 2026, 08:43 PM•2 min read

I paid BetaList $39 to list my new side project. Within hours, five other launch directories had emailed me to ask for more money. Congratulations to me, I had been discovered.

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