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Amazon acquires Fig

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Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by gdsdfe »

hot_gril wrote: post #68
throwawayfigs wrote: post #64

"I am thrilled to announce that the Fig team will be joining Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon has acquired Fig's technology! " That's possibly the most inefficient way of saying "AWS bought Fig" but I guess it makes some people happier to frame it that way In any event, I'll pass on "the CLI with a subscription that sends telemetry". Paying hard earned dollars every month for a terminal is something so out of the…

Amazon buying Fig doesn't imply the team joins AWS.

when a company buys another company it kinda does the opposite would be the outlier

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by the_duke »

> New users will not be able to sign up for Fig's products right now while we focus on optimizing them for existing customers and addressing some needs identified to integrate Fig with AWS.

This sounds a lot like the product is dead, and may emerge again at some point as an AWS hosted, Amazon branded product...

I'd never use a subscription + telemetry laden product like this in my core workflow, but sucks for the current users I guess.

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by hoffs »

throwawayfigs wrote: post #64

"I am thrilled to announce that the Fig team will be joining Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon has acquired Fig's technology! " That's possibly the most inefficient way of saying "AWS bought Fig" but I guess it makes some people happier to frame it that way In any event, I'll pass on "the CLI with a subscription that sends telemetry". Paying hard earned dollars every month for a terminal is something so out of the…

This seem like perfect replacement of Amazon's cloud shell thing

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by jsnell »

seizethecheese wrote: post #53
404mm wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s thrilled because it’s good for him, not for the users.

Is it not? Any venture funded product has a sword of Damocles over its head. After acquisition the company product is much less likely to be shut down in the long run (unless it’s Google).

Days since AWS last announced they were killing a devtool service: 4

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37254198)

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by hot_gril »

gdsdfe wrote: post #71
hot_gril wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon buying Fig doesn't imply the team joins AWS.

when a company buys another company it kinda does the opposite would be the outlier

Amazon isn't the same thing as AWS. Amazon might have bought Fig and kept the team separate, or they might've kept the tech and shortly after let the team go.

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by hot_gril »

miah_ wrote: post #70
seizethecheese wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it not? Any venture funded product has a sword of Damocles over its head. After acquisition the company product is much less likely to be shut down in the long run (unless it’s Google).

No, after acquisition usually the existing product is usually shutdown or phased out while its features are absorbed into some . With Google, everything has a huge chance of being shutdown, unless its Gmail or Search, but in both of those cases they will also continue to get worse over time.

or at least become more annoyingly entangled with stuff, like Minecraft + Microsoft

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by hot_gril »

merryje wrote: post #59
404mm wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s thrilled because it’s good for him, not for the users.

> Existing users will continue to be able to use Fig and will receive ongoing support. What's more, we are now making all the paid Fig Team features completely free. This sounds like a win for users.

If they aren't making money directly off Fig, they're integrating it somehow.

Re: Amazon acquires Fig

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Post by daotoad »

hot_gril wrote: post #58
k4rli wrote: post #13

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Based on their frontpage example videos, it seems to be for Mac users who don't know any better. I don't see anything useful that isn't FOSS already.

Either the FOSS solutions are lacking something or all those corporate customers are fools.

Even if the only thing fig adds is easier set up and integration and consistency of setup between users that could be enough to justify the cost.

Saving an hour of engineering time spent fiddling with your CLI config every year makes this a good value for a business.

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