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One of the first things I thought was: "do they have rights to those Silicon Valley assets?". Considering that this is a small setup (which it feels like), the
by scaryclam 9y ago
One of the first things I thought was: "do they have rights to those Silicon Valley assets?". Considering that this is a small setup (which it feels like), the answer is probably "no" which makes me wonder, as a prospective client, what else they're doing that may end up with legal trouble. Sure, HBO are very unlikely to find out, or even care, but it's a silly risk, and if they're taking silly risks now, why would I trust them with any part of my business?
Now, all that's a knee jerk reaction. The guys who made the service may well have licensed the assets, or the assets may not need to be licensed. And who cares? They're just a few assets! But that's the first thing I thought about when I got to their front page. Not a good start. Then I see a bunch of bad copy as false promises (seriously, you are not going to get a professional UX expert to "engineer" my personal website). Then, assuming I'm not that pedantic or I can get over the copy, I click on signup and get a TypeForm modal popup. I assume that the whole credit card bit has been removed, as I can't see it on the form, but really, I'm not going to submit that form. A company who can't create a simple form for their own SaaS website is not one I'm going to look at in a good light. How are they going to deliver a good service if they can't even be bothered with that part?
Again, knee jerk reactions all they way down, but that's my honest feedback. And I don't even get to the product, since I've already fallen off the radar.
- HelloNurse 9y agoI completely missed that "Nelson Bighetti" was a TV character, not a real or mock user, and "Silicon Valley" his show, not his address. http://silicon-valley.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Head http://silicon-valley.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Head https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/cast-and-crew/big-head https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley/cast-and-crew/big-head Messing with HBO intellectual property just to make a joke? It isn't only a "silly risk", it is, or it appears to be, the expression of a completely unprofessional set of values. I cannot avoid imagining many things I don't like about the personality, culture and ethics of people who would do that.