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That picture of the 3 dudes against a yellow background makes me never even want to try this, what does that even have to do with your product?
Agreed. It feels like a cheap lottery ad or something else extremely obnoxious.
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So YOU use it. Not saying it’s not a good app, but your selling your book.
> Not saying it’s not a good app, but your selling your book. I'm not sure what your point is. Someone requested an alternative, an alternative was proffered and the personal interest disclosed.
This implies that this app is the established norm in the Netherlands, which it isn't (but the OP would like it to be).
Welp, better cancel my Productive subscription.
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I've always wanted to build a digital burial business like this, actually. It feels like a great way to tax late adopters' unwillingness to take on the risk of switching to a newer, better platform. As a late adopter myself of a great many things I feel like I understand the crotchety reluctance well enough to make a good go at it - maybe I'll unlearn my own risk aversion along the way.
> I've always wanted to build a digital burial business like this, actually. I had a chuckle at that unlikely turn of phrase. Digital burial business is so apt that I’m stealing it, thanks
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Yes and they have notoriously quite high standards. Even though I think that the people that apply there have quite low moral/ethical ones.
> people that apply there have quite low moral/ethical ones Out of curiosity, why? It doesn’t seem like these apps are either critical nor need those developers anymore.
You're joining a team of jackals trying to squeeze any money out of users that depend/love a specific product while putting these applications on minimal support.
I just think that at the end of the day it's nicer if you can think you contributed to the world, or even just one user making his life any better, that company just has none of it, it's mission is just plain the opposite.
Just how do you move from there? I helped Bending Spoons squeezing any money left in application X by butchering all non essential features and rising the price 3 times?
If you read their Wikipedia page [1] they sound like an Italian Saint. A lot about the various awards they have gotten and other "charitable" activities. But reading the comments here, I get another impression of the company. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bending_Spoons
That's like 100% written by themselves or a PR agency.
They recently acquired Meetup as well [1]. This doesn't bode well for its future. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38953242
Speaking of, is there a good replacement for Meetup if you just want to organize some informal activities, like a user group or going biking?
Calling your company "Bending Spoons" is like calling it "Stealing Chickens" (Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_bending )
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Yes. That and they optimize the pricing to squeeze as much profit from captive users (or those that don't know better). They increased the pricing for Evernote quite aggressively, and reduced the free features if I recall correctly. Selling to Bending Spoons is pretty much giving up and letting the vultures have a bite at the remains.
Well to be fair Evernote is a very thin product I guess most organizational addicts have moved to Notion at this time
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I don’t think it’s allowed without permission per: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright Specifically, “Endorsement, trademarks, and agency logos You cannot use government materials in a way that implies endorsement by a government agency, official, or employee. For example, using a photo in your advertisement of a government official wearing or using your product is not permitted. You also cannot use federal gove…
Is that the law, or is that more the government saying, through its publicists, how it would like its image to be used? Seems crazy that, say, an outdoor clothes retailer couldn't share a photo of a group trek where the park ranger was wearing its gear. Or that SpaceX couldn't publish a photo of NASA astronauts flying in its spacecraft - even with NASA's permission.
SpaceX can use the photos as such for factual reporting, which usually ends up being marketing for them indirectly. That is allowed. If SpaceX were to market themselves actively as having government ties, that would not be allowed.
In a similar vein, I notice most startups using government logos in their marketing. That is also not allowed - even if the agency is using your software. You are not allowed to display those logos, except for "factual marketing" - say, a white paper on the government agency using your software. Even mentioning something on the lines of "DOD improved its purchasing efficiency by 10x (heh!)" is forbidden explicitly.
I'm not sure about most of the agencies themselves, but the FDA is very strict about enforcing this rule and has often fined Big Pharma for this infraction many times.