I think this would have been said at the start as well. "really, a company that is renting out air mattresses" "another Digg clone" "sync my folders? there are

I think this would have been said at the start as well. "really, a company that is renting out air mattresses" "another Digg clone" "sync my folders? there are a million tools for that" Though your knee-jerk reaction is correct, it is specifically this which makes YC stand-out. They often seem to pick the things that don't seem promising, and yet those turn in to stand-out successes.