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Ask HN: Why are there so many companies making TODO lists?
It seems like there are a lot of TODO or notes companies* (along time) in HN's front page and that they are constantly on the news; how can this overly saturated market be so popular? Is it because of the simplicity of the product to do/launch?
One would expect there to be 1-2 leading companies and the rest not to offer a differentiating advantage strong enough to warrant their existence.
Note: this is a serious question, I'm not complaining at all nor suffering TODO fatigue.
* with this I literally mean companies whose main product is a TODO list or a Notes app/web.
- Bino 10y agoI guess, it's a simple as everyone gets a share... people create news lists all the time and use the first one found on google. Awesome ad-words potential both in and out.
- yitchelle 10y agoOn the surface, it looks simple enough the execute (it just a list, right?). I think that's why everyone is giving it a go. But once you get into it, it is a bottomless rabbit hole..extremely difficult to get right for everyone.