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Re:IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 e... by hiAndrewQuinn on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:11AM (#38966671)
I've always wanted to build a digital burial business like this, actually. It feels like a great way to tax late adopters' unwillingness to take on the risk of switching to a newer, better platform. As a late adopter myself of a great many things I feel like I understand the crotchety reluctance well enough to make a good go at it - maybe I'll unlearn my own risk aversion along the way.
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Re:IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 e... by ghaff on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:58AM (#38967069)
It's not just the risk. Something like Evernote, for example, if someone has been using it religiously for years, there's a real cost associated with migrating to something new (and probably no better unless it's a completely different workflow).
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Re:IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 e... by hiAndrewQuinn on Saturday January 13, 2024 @06:19AM (#38978983)
Even better! Great way to profit massively off of folks trying to have their cake (hedge against risk) and eat it (not keep things locally) too.
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Re:IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 e... by ayewo on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:18AM (#38966721)
> I've always wanted to build a digital burial business like this, actually.

I had a chuckle at that unlikely turn of phrase.

Digital burial business is so apt that I’m stealing it, thanks

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Re:IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 e... by radicalbyte on Friday January 12, 2024 @07:26AM (#38967243)
It's certainly snappier than "do an Oracle".
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