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Re:I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that a... by esskay on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @06:22AM (#44645189)
Yup same, the whole toxic culture of lies surrounding it makes things worse as theres people trapped in this weird little bubble of believing half the stories on there. Most are completely fabricated.

For me personally I gave up on SaaS a couple of years ago and shifted my focus elsewhere. I ended up building a site in a niche I've always loved, and it ended up making me love that hobby even more, and now I have a place to share knowledge on it, with the bonus being it puts a small amount of cash in my pocket (not at all job quitting kind of money, but that wasn't the goal).

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Re:I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that a... by satvikpendem on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @09:22AM (#44646568)
Lots of products on IH are Stripe verified though.
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Re:I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that a... by esskay on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @04:40PM (#44652730)
Oh I wasnt specifically talking about the IH site - that's been on death watch for years now, most of it's moved to Twitter, Reddit, etc at this point. Most people also removed their stripe integration on IH a long time ago when it became apparent people were scraping the site to work out what to clone.

For a small snapshot of what it's like these days, check out the unmoderated /r/saas subreddit, currently being held hostage by two chaps who own a saas (legitcheckapp) and have zero intention of making it a workable community, and instead allow lies, scams and overall crap content to fester.

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