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Six Figures in 6 days

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Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by talmr »

kyran_adept wrote: post #7

As an Android user, I am completely blown away by two things: #1 iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version, #2 iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an icon pack.

Off topic, but I really like that I don't have to customize my iPhone much at all. It works great right off the bat, I don't need to download another camera app, another gallery app, or have to root it so I can fix my CPU settings so the phone won't melt just in my pocket (happened on my LG android back in 2015 which made me switch to iOS and never look back).

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by Igelau »

LandR wrote: post #10

There is nothing on this blog that I can see except text and some links at the bottom, yet if I have JS disabled I just get a black page. JS to display text. Brilliant.

I guess you're not a "practicing minimalist"

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by jschwartzi »

bdcravens wrote: post #146
aembleton wrote: post #122

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> Androids have more desirable features That's subjective. Many people prefer iPhones. They may find the features of iPhone more desirable or some other aspect about it like the Apple ecosystem.

I'm referring to features that were in Android and later implemented on iOS - presumably those are desired features, and at some point Android had it and iOS didn't. There's likely features that Android has today that will at some point be implemented in iOS in the future. Yet those features aren't enough to encourage switching. (For context, I'm writing this not as an Android fanboy, but as an 11-year iPhone user, t…

This is true, but for the most part the Android features come earlier but are very poorly thought out and usually have usability issues which prevent people from using them effectively. In contrast Apple usually waits a couple of years and ends up releasing something that solves the problem in a usable way.

Let's talk about cameras specifically. Samsung has this "burst mode" feature which lets you take 100 or 200 shots in rapid succession. This was linked to a long press of the "take picture" button, so when I would use my wife's phone if I paused for a moment with my finger on the button it would fill up the memory card with hundreds of identical JPEG images that she would then have to sort through and delete individually.

Contrast this with Apple's "Live Photo" feature which takes a short 2 or 3 second video around the moment when you take your picture. You can still sort through each individual frame and pick the best one but it doesn't completely fill up the device's memory with hundreds of identical JPEGs. And it gives you this cool video of the moment for every picture.

Being first to market doesn't matter if the feature isn't actually usable.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by jo032 »

vmception wrote: post #138
IgorPartola wrote: post #135

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I always find it odd when people ask this. If someone is selling something and you ask them what it is and they refuse to tell you... what does that even mean?

Primarily that I opted out of tying my identity and screename here to that product. But yep, if I didn't specify then it should be pretty clear I wasn't going to specify. To their credit, sometimes it is still worth asking, like instead of me being seen as shilling in my first post, I could just be responding to someone and mention the product then. Spot on analysis that I wasn't going to specify though.

totally understand you don't want to specify, but could you say what kind of product it was (ie mobile app, saas, udemy thing, crypto...etc)?

just asking as someone curious about this type of thing

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by xwdv »

vmception wrote: post #81
chrisbrauns wrote: post #76

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I think "Publish Often" is also an important part of OP's success. Had they not practiced making custom icons since 2013, they probably would not have been ready to capitalize on the one time they got buzz.

I don't. I've hired people on fiverr and tapped development teams I've worked with before to deliver quickly. "Had I not have already vetted that development team I wouldn't have been ready to capitalize so quickly. Had I not practiced making static websites. Had I not practiced tying SSL to domain names so that people take me seriously." I'm not diminishing OP's skill, I am diminishing the message and pointing out w…

You're hitting the nail on the head but people can't bring themselves to accept you're right.

Yes the OP lovingly crafted his skills over a period of several years, but let's face it, his skills are commodities and you too could have achieved his success if you took a shortcut to hire someone to produce an icon pack quickly and professionally and then partnered with an influencer to sell the productized version of it.

Probably 94% of the success here is due to the influencer's exposure. The moral of the story is become good friends with influencers in relevant industries and be ready to act quickly on new business ideas, and keep access to cash to invest in whatever is needed.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by fartcannon »

elboru wrote: post #155
bdcravens wrote: post #117

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Other than the derisive "sheeple" response, why do people stick with iPhones when Androids have more desirable features?

This is anecdotal of course. But I was an Android user since the first Galaxy S until the Galaxy S7 (with Nexus and some others in between). I don’t know if this is still the case but every single time I had one of the big updates my phone just started getting slower and slower, most of my phones got a crack in the screen, battery started draining really quickly. I couldn’t spend more than 1.5 years with the same pho…

Apple was literally fined for slowing down older phones: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724

If you want your phone to last forever, you need to take control of it yourself. Get a Lineage OS compatible phone and ditch the play store. Not only will it be faster, the battery life will quadruple.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by somesortofthing »

edoceo wrote: post #87
necovek wrote: post #63

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That seems to ignore the fact that there are hundreds of people of equally "honed skills" not having earned $100k over 6 days. The key to a success of this type is luck. Sure, you can optimize for being on the path of success, but majority will still be missed.

"Luck" is what happens when the prepared are given opportunity.

Being "prepared" for a given opportunity is often trivial. Whether the opportunity you're prepared for ever arises is luck.

Re: Six Figures in 6 days

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Post by angst_ridden »

bdcravens wrote: post #117
kyran_adept wrote: post #7

As an Android user, I am completely blown away by two things: #1 iPhones got this only in 2020, when Android had this since the first version, #2 iPhone owners are willing to spend $28 for a icon pack, a very nice one, but still an icon pack.

Other than the derisive "sheeple" response, why do people stick with iPhones when Androids have more desirable features?

Different people value different things. What's desirable is not the same for everyone. Also, never underestimate the magnitude of inertia. There's a point many of us reach where we're more interested in your tools being consistent and predictable, rather than bleeding edge. We dread OS updates rather than look forward to them, because it means we'll need to allocate brain cycles to something that's changed and that's just not that important. We'd rather be allocating those brain cycles to a project that we consider interesting and maybe even important, rather than adding fancy stuff to our phone's home screen layout.
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