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Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by timjahn »

seltzered_ wrote: post #38
timjahn wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a really good point. A service like this has enough potential business use cases where I'm sure a lot of users would be willing to directly give them cash to ensure this is a long term company, not a flash in the pan startup. Makes you think about the true intentions behind a startup/company.

I'll pay someone 10-30 bucks if they recreate ifttt with a pinboard model. Keep it simple stupid, fairly cheap, and charge extra if you want to do things like SMS/Voice/things that require constant notification.

That's exactly what I see ifttt becoming.

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by rokhayakebe »

parfe wrote: post #28

Great looking service with some deal breakers: Needs Access to my entire dropbox account Requests access to "Gmail" (I have no idea how much access that provides). Why can't it just set the To: Address on an outgoing email? Ifttt has been sending me emails no problem so far. The Gmail permission crosses a line. It doesn't help that Google doesn't explain what access I would grant. Seems they took the easier path and…

We need a privacy graph service, one trusted API we sign up to and give it all access. Then developers can simply access different level of our services through this one api.

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by [deleted] »

parfe wrote: post #37
toomuchtodo wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Other side of the coin: Need my Dropbox access? Sure, here you go. Need my Gmail access, meh, why not? I'm not horribly concerned with allowing them the access I've granted to Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Dropbox, and Evernote.

Yeah, I had no problem with the other junk. But a "Whoops, we accidentally deleted all your stuff" in dropbox or gmail would be a tad devastating.

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Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by dgurney »

parfe wrote: post #37
toomuchtodo wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Other side of the coin: Need my Dropbox access? Sure, here you go. Need my Gmail access, meh, why not? I'm not horribly concerned with allowing them the access I've granted to Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Dropbox, and Evernote.

Yeah, I had no problem with the other junk. But a "Whoops, we accidentally deleted all your stuff" in dropbox or gmail would be a tad devastating.

Wow, can 3rd-party services actually delete all your data if they wanted to? It's not just read-only access?

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by parfe »

dgurney wrote: post #45
parfe wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I had no problem with the other junk. But a "Whoops, we accidentally deleted all your stuff" in dropbox or gmail would be a tad devastating.

Wow, can 3rd-party services actually delete all your data if they wanted to? It's not just read-only access?

I have no idea!

The permissions page at Dropbox says:

The app ifttt would like to connect with your Dropbox.

    This app will have access to your entire Dropbox.
    Please make sure you trust this app before proceeding.
    You're currently logged in as user@example.org. If you meant to connect from another account, you can logout.
Doesn't define what "access" might entail. If the permissions allow create/upload I have to assume it includes delete as well.

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by toomuchtodo »

timjahn wrote: post #40
toomuchtodo wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And have it easily replaced by whomever will run it cheaper. What does Instapaper cost? $1/month?

There are plenty of examples (Apple being the first one that comes to mind) of companies who charge a ton (and make a ton of money) for a product that is available elsewhere for cheaper. Price isn't always everything in the consumers mind.

What Apple charges for, and what developers/engineers will pay for, are drastically different.

How many people have downloaded Angry Birds vs how many people have paid for Tasker on the Android platform?

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

#48

Post by herbivore »

seltzered_ wrote: post #38
timjahn wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a really good point. A service like this has enough potential business use cases where I'm sure a lot of users would be willing to directly give them cash to ensure this is a long term company, not a flash in the pan startup. Makes you think about the true intentions behind a startup/company.

I'll pay someone 10-30 bucks if they recreate ifttt with a pinboard model. Keep it simple stupid, fairly cheap, and charge extra if you want to do things like SMS/Voice/things that require constant notification.

What do you mean by pinboard model?

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

#49

Post by andstuff »

Jun8 wrote: post #17

Ifttt is awesome! I was wondering if there is a similar app for mobile devices that I can create rules like "if I am at home (judging by WiFi) then ..." or "if the battery falls below 20% then turn off BT"?

For Android at least, check out "Locale": https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twofortyfouram.loc...

Re: Ifttt raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors

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Post by nuttendorfer »

herbivore wrote: post #48
seltzered_ wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll pay someone 10-30 bucks if they recreate ifttt with a pinboard model. Keep it simple stupid, fairly cheap, and charge extra if you want to do things like SMS/Voice/things that require constant notification.

What do you mean by pinboard model?

You pay once to sign up, this fee increases with the ammount of users.
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