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What if Mark acquires you?

jeiting 8y ago
I will only sell to Megaupload. It's my intention to build the company of my life and run the service forever. I hate the idea of a BigCo buying us, shutting down our service, and screwing over all the devs that trusted us. It would have to be a pretty ridiculous amount of money to make me sell out like that (in case you're listening Mark).
- privacypoller 8y ago
  I believe that you truly hold this attitude now, but your response could literally be the preface for every "our incredible journey" post ever published.
  - jeiting 8y ago
    Yeah, that's why this objection is pretty frustrating. No one will really believe me anyway so I don't get too worked up trying to convince people. I think we just need build trust in the community. That takes time and I accept that.
  - elwatto 8y ago
    Hi – Miguel here. That is totally valid point. I also think this objection stands true for every dependency of your technical infrastructure. This is the kind of decision you have to make, assessing the risks on a case by case basis. I believe no dependency is 100% safe. It can happen to any given service, from companies like Heroku, MixPanel or Segment to the smallest open source library you rely on. Obviously I think the benefits of outsourcing your in-app subscriptions to us is well worth it, based on our experience and the engineering time you will be saving, but I might be biased :)
- shanev 8y ago
  Hi Jacob :) Good to see you still building things. I love your optimism but this is something I've heard countless times that almost never holds true. Truth is you eventually get bored of a product after a few years and move on. It's not even always about the money. Also, you're playing in space where Apple could build their own and Sherlock you. I know a thing or two about that.
  - jeiting 8y ago
    Hi Shane! I've grown a lot since the AppLoop days. :) As far as not losing motivation, I can't prove a negative, so I won't try. We are not dead if Apple does something to make the system much better, the problem of multi-channel subscription management will still exist for our largest customers. P.S. Hope L.A. treats you well. I have scooter envy.

I will only sell to Megaupload. It's my intention to build the company of my life and run the service forever. I hate the idea of a BigCo buying us, shutting down our service, and screwing over all the devs that trusted us. It would have to be a pretty ridiculous amount of money to make me sell out like that (in case you're listening Mark).

privacypoller 8y ago
I believe that you truly hold this attitude now, but your response could literally be the preface for every "our incredible journey" post ever published.
- jeiting 8y ago
  Yeah, that's why this objection is pretty frustrating. No one will really believe me anyway so I don't get too worked up trying to convince people. I think we just need build trust in the community. That takes time and I accept that.
- elwatto 8y ago
  Hi – Miguel here. That is totally valid point. I also think this objection stands true for every dependency of your technical infrastructure. This is the kind of decision you have to make, assessing the risks on a case by case basis. I believe no dependency is 100% safe. It can happen to any given service, from companies like Heroku, MixPanel or Segment to the smallest open source library you rely on. Obviously I think the benefits of outsourcing your in-app subscriptions to us is well worth it, based on our experience and the engineering time you will be saving, but I might be biased :)
shanev 8y ago
Hi Jacob :) Good to see you still building things. I love your optimism but this is something I've heard countless times that almost never holds true. Truth is you eventually get bored of a product after a few years and move on. It's not even always about the money. Also, you're playing in space where Apple could build their own and Sherlock you. I know a thing or two about that.
- jeiting 8y ago
  Hi Shane! I've grown a lot since the AppLoop days. :) As far as not losing motivation, I can't prove a negative, so I won't try. We are not dead if Apple does something to make the system much better, the problem of multi-channel subscription management will still exist for our largest customers. P.S. Hope L.A. treats you well. I have scooter envy.