Slack's bait and switch

Re:Slack's bait and switch by sangnoir on Monday March 12, 2018 @03:09PM (#16570530)

Obviously, having a captive userbase to extract revenue from is good for their valuation. It probably isn't so great for the users though.

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Re:Slack's bait and switch by jacobwal on Monday March 12, 2018 @03:30PM (#16570710)

Also allows them to invest more in the product, which is great for the users

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Re:Slack's bait and switch by FridgeSeal on Monday March 12, 2018 @06:34PM (#16572319)

Which is why they fixed their resource hog of a client right?

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Re:Slack's bait and switch by jacobwal on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @08:52AM (#16575682)

By no means am I calling the product perfect. Resource hogging is an issue that is particularly important to most HN users.

But would you say that they're _not_ investing in the product? They're improving on search, their API, adding new integrations with Github, etc. Those might not be the things that matter the most to you or other HN users, but they are investments in the product.

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Re:Slack's bait and switch by jenscow on Monday March 12, 2018 @06:07PM (#16572134)

In theory.

Have you used their client?

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Re:Slack's bait and switch by jacobwal on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @08:54AM (#16575699)

Yep, use it every day. Agree that it takes a lot of resources. But lack of investments in one aspect of the product doesn't mean that they haven't / aren't investing in other aspects.

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