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Just pitched a related idea to a friend, but since a "two sided marketplace" is advised against for bootstrapped startups, have put it on the back burner. Pitc
by mankash666 9y ago
Just pitched a related idea to a friend, but since a "two sided marketplace" is advised against for bootstrapped startups, have put it on the back burner.
Pitch: A "podcasts for textual content" optimized for low bandwidth.
An podcast like app that lets you subscribe to (textual content) creators, auto downloads for offline reading, allows reviews on individual posts or entire series, presents content in an ebook like aesthetic manner, and has the lowest bandwidth for transmission and storage because:
1. Transmission and storage is in markdown (not HTML)
2. Pretrained language models shall result in higher compression ratios than regular gzip of HTML common in browsers.
Feedback appreciated
- Un1corn 9y agoSounds similar to RSS, maybe except the markdown but apps like pocket can already extract the content.
- fivre 9y agoCongratulations on inventing the newspaper.
- mankash666 9y agoAnd which newspaper allows you to read your neighbor's blog, your favorite entrepreneurs deepest fears, and the news from South Africa, all preloaded per your subscription choices? (Assuming this platform actually gathers steam). It's not reinventing the newspaper, just like podcasts weren't like reinventing the radio
- matt4077 9y agoThe RSS Times
- jstarfish 9y agoHonestly, what is the difference between this and RSS? Your pitch sounds like the feature list for gReader. I subscribe to the local paper, some financial blogs and some tech blogs. They are preloaded onto my device and presented to me in a common format every time I charge it.