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Re: Sunrise is shutting down

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Post by stephenr »

> On August 31st, we’ll officially shut down the app and it will stop working all together.

So based on this, I assume that all access to your calendar server (iCloud, Exchange, Google Apps, etc) was managed through a centralised server(s) that Sunrise used... for something.

Maybe the next time someone claims to be a funky new take on just do a little checking. We've had desktop and mobile device clients for mail, calendaring, contacts etc for literally decades. Why now, when we have more computing power available to us than ever before, do we need another server (operated by a company that's more likely to disappear than not) between us and our mail/calendar/contacts?

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

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Post by vendakka »

michaelmior wrote: post #95
vendakka wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slightly shameless self promotion: If you're looking for an Android solution, we're working on TimeFerret, a calendar app that helps you reduce fragmented meeting schedules and track productivity. It's not released yet though. The iOS version will be out first, followed by Android. [1] http://www.timeferret.com

> Over Quota > This application is temporarily over its serving quota. Please try again later.

Thanks for letting us know. I've updated the quota so the website is up now.

EDIT: Changed it to say the website is up, where it said the website will be up shortly.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

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Post by kennydude »

bentlegen wrote: post #86
educar wrote: post #82

This is getting ridiculous. We need like n founder manifesto canary before we start using the products of all these startups. The canary should contain: 1. Their business plan 2. Long term vision for the company 3. How they plan to sustain themselves in the short run (1-2 years with no/little revenue). 4. What they would do if they get acquisition offers. etc. The startup can remove the canary once they decide to cha…

Or you could consider purchasing from open source businesses. Like Nylas, GitLab, Sentry, and others.

Sentry is absolutely fantastic. Use it daily at work and it's really good

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

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Post by andrepd »

willwhitney wrote: post #6

Once a startup gets bought, I look for alternatives. If they don't shut down, I still learned something new! But usually they do. In this case, I landed on Fantastical [1] — it's a little pricy but completely worth it. (Mac/iOS only.) [1]: https://flexibits.com/fantastical

>it's a little pricy

It's 50€ in a world where premium calendar apps are 3-4€. It better be good to justify an order of magnitude price difference.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

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Post by brerlapn »

tdkl wrote: post #81
brerlapn wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the OP, but on my Android device I have an easier time of calendaring since basically any app I choose will show all of the calendars I want (personal, my work calendar, my manager's calendar, my team's calendar) in the same space. For desktop, I did have Sunrise's desktop app until I noticed I wasn't getting a proper sync of some (apparently random) appointments from desktop to cloud/mobile, and even more so bec…

Did you try eMClient? One of the rare clients that does *DAV on Windows.

Thanks, I hadn't heard of it but I'll see how it works.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

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Post by johnatwork »

cbd1984 wrote: post #24
johnatwork wrote: post #11

This is becoming a tiring pattern. I've just gotten used to the UI. Can anyone commit to building a proper business? Is Sustainability no longer a virtue of creating a service/application?

The goal of a business is to make money. They got bought out. That presumably made them money. How is that not a proper business?

Maybe that's the mindset that has to change.

I'm definitely an oddball, but I would rather want to be part of a business to serve people and solve problems. I don't want to be rich, just make enough be comfortable enough to work on the problems that I want to solve.

Maybe getting bought out on my first successful product affords me the freedom to do so.

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