So Notion's strategy is clear now. They're going for Microsoft and Google and the collaboration suite.
Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
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Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
#72Why would Notion shut down the email provider product? I understand sunsetting drive and rolling pages and calendar into Notion and Cron, respectively. But it would be pretty awesome if Notion had an email service. There’s nothing out there that’s as easy as Google Workspace (not even Proton’s suite—I use it personally) and I’d use Notion-plus-Skiff-and-Cron over Google Workspace any day. Huge miss…
Running mail is hard.
Running mail is hard.
Running mail is hard.
Candidly, the ability to profit off of email as a service is probably not a challenge that many businesses are up to. Deliverability is a massive pain in the ass. Unless you have the team and are well established, starting up or re-badging a mail service would be a nightmare.
Good email is expensive for a (bad) reason.
Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
For every weary graybeard there is a bright-eyed & bushy-tailed young hacker eager to "stick it to the man" while also lacking in the experience of having been burned which forms the foundation of the cynicism from whence the weariness comes.
This isn’t a failure though. Getting bought out by a larger company is literally the aim of most startups
And you’ve encapsulated why we are in the tech dystopia we currently reside in.
Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
#76Why do companies try to compete in this space? The margins are thin and the giants have vast offerings. The only thing I see winning against Google and Microsoft is some hybrid, open source local + cloud suite of tools. Something better than Thunderbird, more like Obsidian. A combination of native and cloud, working well across all platforms, integrated with a full suite of other productivity/office tools, but most i…
Check out https://acreom.com, you literally own the software, it's local-first, E2EE, integrated, runs on markdown files, and once you download the app you can keep it forever.
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Tell us about it. I'm not here to do homework.
Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
#78Does that mean Notion will get e2e encrypted soon? It's about time.
Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
#79So Notion's strategy is clear now. They're going for Microsoft and Google and the collaboration suite.
That's great. Their execution has been excellent. Excited to see what they come up with.
Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
#80Why do companies try to compete in this space? The margins are thin and the giants have vast offerings. The only thing I see winning against Google and Microsoft is some hybrid, open source local + cloud suite of tools. Something better than Thunderbird, more like Obsidian. A combination of native and cloud, working well across all platforms, integrated with a full suite of other productivity/office tools, but most i…
Check out https://acreom.com , you literally own the software, it's local-first, E2EE, integrated, runs on markdown files, and once you download the app you can keep it forever.
Thats good, but what about the email. I dont see a good custom domain host anywhere