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Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by smrtinsert »

SixSigma wrote: post #78
subpixel wrote: post #38

Crap. I bought a year of Loom for precisely the reason that I do not want my photos taking up space on my drive. Now I have to explain to my extended family why all the confusion they put up with setting things up was for naught.

My virtual server costs $200 per year and has 50gb of virtual disk space. I can run whatever I like. What does buying saas really give me that a whole server doesn't? Obviously one needs to be a Unix hacker to make it do anything but I've got that covered.

Where? fixed cost?

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by chiph »

EC1 wrote: post #17
swanson wrote: post #2

In case you're playing the Acquisition Post Drinking Game: "It’s been a long road and we feel that we have come a long way in solving this problem. We are elated to announce the next step in this journey" "It’s been an immensely exciting journey and we are humbled by the support we received along the way." http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

Honestly, what else are you going to write?

"Look for us on episode 6 of Silicon Valley, with Kid Rock guest-starring."

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by slaven »

kylec wrote: post #44

This is really disappointing. I have been a paying Loom member since shortly after the service was released, it's too bad it wasn't enough to keep it an independent company. After DivvyShot, Everpix, Snapjoy, and now Loom, I don't think I can trust another photo management startup again.

And the on-boarding process was so painful - it took me weeks to load up ALL my photos onto Everpix. After they failed, I signed up with Loom and again it took over a month for it all to upload. I feel sad as I don't envy the next startup that tries to "solve" this very real problem.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by pnathan »

innonate wrote: post #33
cschmidt wrote: post #14

I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.

I'm sorry, but I think these startups just give other startups a bad name. I'm the CEO of Picturelife and I wouldn't dream of rolling over like this so easily. We have thousands of customers and just killing our service would be such an assault on their trust. All these services you mention are just taking the easy way out. There's a long road ahead for us and we'll going to keep making the product and experience bet…

Can you promise in writing enforceable by a court that Picturelife or whoever might buy it will supply services, guaranteed, or face up to penalties?

Because you - like me - will probably be happy to be bought out for sums of money over a certain number. (let's say, 1 billion). And unless you have a fairly hardcore contract with me, I'm not willing to bet your service won't be wound up by the acquirer.

So my pictures are on my hard drive and an external drive.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by anon808 »

I see that dropbox (a YC portfolio co) bought 2 other YC portfolio cos. I know it's a stretch, but does YC actively pitch smaller portfolio companies to their more successful portfolio companies? Keep the cash in the family.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by paulbaumgart »

calinet6 wrote: post #68
sidcool wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They worked hard for that, didn't they?

I'm tired of this "they worked hard for that" BS with acqui-hires and shutdowns. Yeah, sure, they worked hard, but in the end they get a big fat F for the end result. Services don't last forever, but I'm not gonna congratulate someone who runs around in circles for 3 years purporting to deliver a product of value, and then gives up when offered a better deal for themselves. They didn't build a product, they built a n…

They proved that they can build products. That makes them very valuable to companies with more money than time. It's a significant career success, if perhaps not quite a business success. And we can congratulate them for that.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by anon808 »

pearjuice wrote: post #70
kylec wrote: post #44

This is really disappointing. I have been a paying Loom member since shortly after the service was released, it's too bad it wasn't enough to keep it an independent company. After DivvyShot, Everpix, Snapjoy, and now Loom, I don't think I can trust another photo management startup again.

Exposure.co looks pretty good. However, looking at the history of the projects ran by the creators you might be in for a bumpy surprise... At least the service its prices are sustainable. Or premium.

exposure.co is an elepath product, elepath is run by Jake Lodwick who wrote http://pando.com/2013/04/02/an-acquisition-is-always-a-failu...

not saying jake won't take the money and run if offered it, or shut down exposure, but given that it looks like he's fairly comfortable after collegehumor and his investment in tumblr, chances are lower that he's looking to offload exposure/elepath. but who knows.

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by anon808 »

innonate wrote: post #33
cschmidt wrote: post #14

I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.

I'm sorry, but I think these startups just give other startups a bad name. I'm the CEO of Picturelife and I wouldn't dream of rolling over like this so easily. We have thousands of customers and just killing our service would be such an assault on their trust. All these services you mention are just taking the easy way out. There's a long road ahead for us and we'll going to keep making the product and experience bet…

serious question: is this your sole decision to make? what about investors/other owners? I respect that may be your personal opinion, but the company's opinion may not necessarily match it. just being real. btw, did you go along with the sale of omgpop?

Re: Dropbox acquires Loom (YC W12)

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Post by mason240 »

kylec wrote: post #44

This is really disappointing. I have been a paying Loom member since shortly after the service was released, it's too bad it wasn't enough to keep it an independent company. After DivvyShot, Everpix, Snapjoy, and now Loom, I don't think I can trust another photo management startup again.

I have been looking for a good open source, Picasa type photo management platform, unfortunately I haven't been about to find any good ones.
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