Important BufferBox Update

#1

Post by aren55555 » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

Important BufferBox Update
blog.bufferbox.com

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#2

Post by jhess2991 » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 5:54 PM UTC

Billion $ company buys an awesome product -> Billion $ company shuts down the awesome product.

Typical day. Nothing to see here. Move on.

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#3

Post by n00shie » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 5:58 PM UTC

I am very disappointed to see this. I have been using BufferBox since the beginning, and it provided immense convenience for both myself, and all of my friends who used the service as well. I was worried that something like this would have happened when they were acquired by Google, and now it has :(

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#4

Post by dabit » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 6:33 PM UTC

Is this Whatsapp's future? Stay tuned.

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#5

Post by matkam » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 6:37 PM UTC

n00shie wrote: post #3

I am very disappointed to see this. I have been using BufferBox since the beginning, and it provided immense convenience for both myself, and all of my friends who used the service as well. I was worried that something like this would have happened when they were acquired by Google, and now it has :(

Any alternatives out there?

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#6

Post by nathancahill » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 6:38 PM UTC

jhess2991 wrote: post #2

Billion $ company buys an awesome product -> Billion $ company shuts down the awesome product. Typical day. Nothing to see here. Move on.

Is there a way (outside of founder stubbornness) to reverse this norm? It's a pity that this has become the trend.

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#7

Post by nchlswu » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 6:45 PM UTC

n00shie wrote: post #3

I am very disappointed to see this. I have been using BufferBox since the beginning, and it provided immense convenience for both myself, and all of my friends who used the service as well. I was worried that something like this would have happened when they were acquired by Google, and now it has :(

I just wish the team woulda got a boost after the acquisition or immediately wrapped into Google Shopping.

Shopping was the logical place the product would fit, but it seemed like they weren't given much of a boost after the acquisition and they sort of slowed a bit.

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#8

Post by paddy_m » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 6:57 PM UTC

nathancahill wrote: post #6

jhess2991 wrote: post #2

Billion $ company buys an awesome product -> Billion $ company shuts down the awesome product. Typical day. Nothing to see here. Move on.

Is there a way (outside of founder stubbornness) to reverse this norm? It's a pity that this has become the trend.

Pay for products. Use companies that have a real business model.

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#9

Post by teraflop » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 6:58 PM UTC

This is common enough that there's a blog devoted to it: http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

Re: Important BufferBox Update

#10

Post by mjn » Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 7:02 PM UTC

Huh, I only hear of them as they're shutting down; I've wanted something like this in the past. Interestingly the German and Danish postal services have been offering such a service for a while, partly out of a desire to reduce their delivery costs (it reduces the number of packages that have to be lugged out to individual doors).

Germany: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packstation

Denmark: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&pre...