TNW Conference 2025 is moving to NDSM, Amsterdam 🎟 Secure your 2-for-1 tickets now! 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 thei
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