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Ask HN: Everyone is “trusted by [insert big name here]”?
Hi HN,
I see all these SaaS companies putting the classic category of "trusted by companies like:" Disney, Uber, Spotify, Microsoft, Apple etc.
Not trying to be rude here but it seems like all of them have worked with all these big names? Do they actually? Or am I just biased because I land on the websites of actually useful products?
Could it be a gimmick like the "public speakers" who exchange a few emails with the WSJ and say "trusted by WSJ"?
For instance: https://teamweek.com/ — don't have anything personal with them, they just happened to be the ones that provoked this reaction. I actually used their product and I like it
- mtmail 8y agoI read 'trusted by' as somebody from that domain once signed up. I don't read it as actual use, current use, or paid used. Maybe a friend of a friend works there. It's misleading or in other words marketing. The new "trusted by Fortune 500 companies". Worse I've seen the section labelled "our partners", listing AWS or Google Cloud just because the startup happens to host their systems there.
- chdaniel 8y agoright, that makes sense. Again, I'm sure not all of them do that but since it looks like everyone is shaking hands with both Bezos and Zuckerberg on a daily, maybe some of them do that. thx Edit: I love opencagedata — hope you guys are doing well