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Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by Phenomenit »

amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

Love the stuff and also lack of exit strategy. If a owner and ceo truly belived in her/his company they would never sell it. It's like a child.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by keithwhor »

kfrzcode wrote: post #78
amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

Meh, give me a self-hosted or open core version and maybe I'll consider switching from taskwarrior

Bold negotiation tactic. I'm a fan. I've often found myself at Best Buy explaining that I'd gladly buy a new computer if they can ship all of the hardware components to me for free and I'll assemble them myself.

That way, Best Buy doesn't make any money and I spend hours of my day (which, by the way, I bill my employer hundreds of dollars per hour for during the work week) assembling something that I'll have to do all the maintenance and upkeep for myself! Everybody wins!

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by coss »

woadwarrior01 wrote: post #60
wpdev_63 wrote: post #46

It blows my mind that todo list app can be worth $200 million... Then again a chat app is now worth several billion... I don't have any idea of how this works.

It isn't the chat app, it's the perpetual access to the contacts list on the phones of all its users that is worth billions.

To do what though?

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by preek »

If you are looking for something more sustainable (free software), with the same client for desktop and mobile, please check out organice: https://github.com/200ok-ch/organice

It’s using Org syntax, but has a mobile friendly interface. Synchronization is done using Dropbox or Google Drive, so you can also have shared projects and todos. The app is written in React and Redux, has a AGPL license and has a free public instance at https://organice.200ok.ch

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by intsunny »

amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

Holy cow, your Android widgets "Add task" and "Show tasklist on home screen" are what I've always wanted. Thank you so much!

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by youeseh »

coss wrote: post #83
woadwarrior01 wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It isn't the chat app, it's the perpetual access to the contacts list on the phones of all its users that is worth billions.

To do what though?

One possibility would be to build a more accurate social graph. So, let's say you have 500 friends on Facebook, but only 50 of those are people you speak to on a regular basis. This helps Facebook better understand your preferences based on your online interactions and the people who you associate with on a regular basis. You are the average of the 5 people who you spend the most time with, or something. This hopefully means that they'll be able to show you better ads.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by Kwpolska »

vxNsr wrote: post #11

Please make this a reality. To-Do is a joke compared to Wunderlist. It suffers from the same fate as all MS-built iOS apps: random logouts. I can't convince anyone to use MS apps because the first time they get logged out after an update they just stop using the app.

I tried to switch to Microsoft To-Do from Wunderlist. It was a very fresh product when I did that, I tried to give it a chance, but it just didn’t work for me. I opened the web version now, and it still lacks something as basic as an “All tasks” list. Oh, it’s still garbage.

(I migrated to any.do and I’m a very happy user of that. Even if they don’t have a true native Mac app and don’t care about one.)

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by thecleaner »

screaminghawk wrote: post #64
thecleaner wrote: post #62

Anybody using Remember the Milk for their todos ? I used it and loved it.

I'm using one called "Out of Milk". It's great. Is that the one you mean or something else?

I think the one you are referring to is a grocery shopping app. RTM is much more general.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by circlesguy2 »

amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

todoist seems nice. It is an app that does one thing and does it well. If you want to do more than just tasks, check out my app: https://circles.app It creates tasks too, and you can assign tasks to your family members. But you can also create and share notes, lists, links, files, photos, etc.
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