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Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by slg »

edaemon wrote: post #18
slg wrote: post #16

Game of Thrones spoiler ahead: I am not wild about that name. The Lannisters are the bad guys throughout the run of the GoT story and by later seasons it is revealed that their wealth has mostly wasted away. They are only able to keep up appearances of wealth through taking on large amounts of debt and by looting their enemies. Yes, the single primary characteristic you would assign to the Lannisters is wealth. I am…

I would also be worried about trademark/copyright issues.

I don't know enough about those laws to know the legal status of this, but that would definitely be a concern for me too. Also the lion iconography rules out any argument that the name isn't 100% GoT inspired.

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by throwaway413 »

_1tan wrote: post #20

Interesting. I personally use https://outbankapp.com/en/ . The app is closed-source; everything is locally stored. It allows me to track my bank accounts, including portfolios, etc. from most German and Dutch banks, credit cards, etc.. Additionally it can track BTC, ETH wallets, connect to Coinbase and a few other exchanges and membership programs. I would never use a wealth management app requiring manual entry. Tha…

Looks nice. How does this app authenticate with your various financial accounts?

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by slg »

andresousa wrote: post #19
slg wrote: post #16

Game of Thrones spoiler ahead: I am not wild about that name. The Lannisters are the bad guys throughout the run of the GoT story and by later seasons it is revealed that their wealth has mostly wasted away. They are only able to keep up appearances of wealth through taking on large amounts of debt and by looting their enemies. Yes, the single primary characteristic you would assign to the Lannisters is wealth. I am…

I understand your point. Our goal was to name it after a person, like "Alfred" the productivity app for Mac ( https://www.alfredapp.com ), but we found that Lannister would be more appropriate as a reference to wealth management. Hope it does not lead you into thinking about the secondary traits.

Maybe it is just the ages of the references, but I think "Alfred" is a more general name that is less associated with the character. But more importantly he doesn't have the negative secondary traits associated with him that completely conflict with how you want people to think of your app. Using Lannister for a wealth management app is almost like naming your nutrition management app after a character with an eating disorder.

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by _1tan »

throwaway413 wrote: post #22
_1tan wrote: post #20

Interesting. I personally use https://outbankapp.com/en/ . The app is closed-source; everything is locally stored. It allows me to track my bank accounts, including portfolios, etc. from most German and Dutch banks, credit cards, etc.. Additionally it can track BTC, ETH wallets, connect to Coinbase and a few other exchanges and membership programs. I would never use a wealth management app requiring manual entry. Tha…

Looks nice. How does this app authenticate with your various financial accounts?

It stores your credentials locally. The whole situation should improve with PSD2 (EU perspective).

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by andresousa »

_1tan wrote: post #20

Interesting. I personally use https://outbankapp.com/en/ . The app is closed-source; everything is locally stored. It allows me to track my bank accounts, including portfolios, etc. from most German and Dutch banks, credit cards, etc.. Additionally it can track BTC, ETH wallets, connect to Coinbase and a few other exchanges and membership programs. I would never use a wealth management app requiring manual entry. Tha…

Thanks for the support. Outbank looks like a great app. With Lannister we would like to make sure that the data is not available to a third party by focusing on security and making the code auditable by anyone. This leads to less features or integrations being supported but it also provides a more secure environment. Nevertheless we will work hard to add more features that make managing your personal finance and wealth easier.

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by chabes »

edaemon wrote: post #18
slg wrote: post #16

Game of Thrones spoiler ahead: I am not wild about that name. The Lannisters are the bad guys throughout the run of the GoT story and by later seasons it is revealed that their wealth has mostly wasted away. They are only able to keep up appearances of wealth through taking on large amounts of debt and by looting their enemies. Yes, the single primary characteristic you would assign to the Lannisters is wealth. I am…

I would also be worried about trademark/copyright issues.

Copyright is for non-commercial use, IIRC. If you’re not selling anything, it doesn’t apply. Not sure if that’s the case here.

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Post by ng12 »

slg wrote: post #16

Game of Thrones spoiler ahead: I am not wild about that name. The Lannisters are the bad guys throughout the run of the GoT story and by later seasons it is revealed that their wealth has mostly wasted away. They are only able to keep up appearances of wealth through taking on large amounts of debt and by looting their enemies. Yes, the single primary characteristic you would assign to the Lannisters is wealth. I am…

Obviously it's so you don't end up like the Lannisters, broke and indebted to the Iron Bank :)

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by bityard »

chabes wrote: post #26
edaemon wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would also be worried about trademark/copyright issues.

Copyright is for non-commercial use, IIRC. If you’re not selling anything, it doesn’t apply. Not sure if that’s the case here.

> If you’re not selling anything, it doesn’t apply.

That's not even remotely true.

Re: Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app

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Post by toyg »

chabes wrote: post #26
edaemon wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would also be worried about trademark/copyright issues.

Copyright is for non-commercial use, IIRC. If you’re not selling anything, it doesn’t apply. Not sure if that’s the case here.

This is simply not true, sadly. Copyright applies regardless of intentions or outcomes; it’s only in certain limited fields that some activities are somewhat exempted (i.e. backups). This is clearly not one of them.
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