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Yeah, well the way FB handles it is glueing on features later. I'm thinking more of something like Github or Dropbox. See, if Dropbox or Github dies I still hav
by erikb 10y ago
Yeah, well the way FB handles it is glueing on features later. I'm thinking more of something like Github or Dropbox. See, if Dropbox or Github dies I still have my data in a readily usable form on at least 3 machines. It's inherent to the tools, not a feature that is glued on later. People are too lazy to regularly export their Facebook.
Btw I know it's quite hard to make as an inherent feature for that kind of service, but it's still part of what I understand as the promise of "home for my memories".
If you have to do it the export way. Please make it an API, and put your data in open formats like odt, email, what ever open street map uses for map files, etc.
And don't forget. If you make a cool business that only runs for 2 years, you may make 6 or 7 digits of money. But if you provide a real solution for people's problems you make a living, even if the first business around it dies.