Subscribed to a $30/month 'co-working space finder' app that just showed me Google Maps results.

Cancelled after 1 month, so $30 down the drain, and I found the same cafes by searching 'coworking near me' for free.

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walking around your neighborhood for ten minutes" is exactly how I found my favorite spot, but it backfired once. There's this one coffee shop near me that had "free WiFi" in big letters on the window. Went in, ordered a $5 latte, and the password was printed on the receipt but it expired every 30 minutes. Had to keep buying stuff to get a new one. Ended up spending $15 just to work for two hours. Google Maps didn't warn me about that little trap.

grace_allen7d ago

That's the thing about these apps that claim to solve a "problem" you didn't really have. They bank on people being too lazy to just open Google Maps themselves. $30 is a pretty expensive lesson in not trusting an app to do basic research for you. Honestly, if you're already in a decent city, a quick search will turn up the same five coffee shops or libraries that every other remote worker already knows about. The real "coworking finder" is just walking around your neighborhood for ten minutes.

thomas.parker6d agoMost Upvoted

Three years ago I walked into a place in Denver with "digital nomad friendly" on their chalkboard sign. Turned out their "stable connection" was a single router behind the register that dropped signal every time someone ordered a pour-over. I spent two hours on and off Zoom calls looking like a glitching robot before I gave up. Now I carry a cheap travel router and a tethering plan as backup. Saved me more than once when a cafe's wifi turned out to be just for show. That expired receipt password thing sounds like a nightmare, but I bet you could hotspot off your phone for those second hour cycles if the place isn't too strict.