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You're also robbing yourself of increasing the prices to keep the lights on. Business-wise this is not a very good idea. Also as a customer I have the feeling that this is a stupid idea. If the costs increase, you have to increase prices. If I like something and want to keep using it, that's the only way.
As a rambling CTO myself, I admire your nick name.
Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
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I was 100% expecting to see a reimplementation of that game
You might be interested in "Forge", the open-source sequel… https://forgegame.com/ (last updated 2015, alas)
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> Matrix is a protocol, not an app, and it's still evolving rapidly. If your argument is at all trying to be even in the ballpark of “Matrix is accessible to normal folks” then you’ve immediately failed with this sentence alone. And at the end of the day, that is what the comment you were replying to was saying, that Matrix will never win outside of niche spaces. And as long as it’s not as simple as a single app with…
Matrix literally aims to be the missing communication layer of the Web. Just as the Web won without a single app with a single brand for people to remember, Matrix will eventually succeed too.
I wish you luck, but optimism and blind faith isn’t going to magically make WhatsApp et al go away.
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Maybe. I agree it could have been worded different including giving some constructive feedback on it.. Ppl who discover a category of software might hesitate to try it out while looking for alternatives to compare it against. It also helps the author be aware of other features that might be of interest to them. Cap.so would still remain my first option to try out. It's unique compared to another good screen capture,…
The intent was not to hijack the discussion but to provide choices to the people. After all, we are talking about Loom alternatives here.
People discussing other alternatives to Loom, or alternatives to what the author created is besides the point, to the extend that there might be helpful comparisons and questions. Could be just me tho, which is totally fair.