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You're confusing "people who want to get rich" with "people who want useful products". "People who want to get rich" are a significant subset of the HN populat
by dsr_ 7y ago
You're confusing "people who want to get rich" with "people who want useful products".
"People who want to get rich" are a significant subset of the HN population, and they are downvoting you because they remember Dropbox. You'll recall that Dropbox was met by "people who want useful products" saying "oh, I can do 90% of that with rsync".
Your solution is probably excellent for someone who knows what they are doing, but it won't make a lot of money, and it won't sell to the kind of status-conscious fanatic minimalist who always needs a new toy to prove their minimalism.
In fact, there are lots of caution signs around this product's website indicating that they aren't actually very good at the technical parts. I wouldn't be at all surprised to read a teardown showing that this is a low-end Android phone with an e-Ink display running a single shell program around the underlying dialer, SMS and alarm functions.
- Animats 7y agoI get the mindset, but this is round 2 for the "light phone", round 1 having flopped. I could see a low-end product which shares the phone number of the bigger phone. Something carriers could offer as a promotional item and a backup. "What do you do when your iPhone is in the shop for a broken screen?" The amazing thing is that you can get 4 processors, a screen, 8GB, and a camera for $49.
- paulcarroty 7y agoThe non-amazing things: no updates and tons of spying services inside - why this phone is so cheap.
- forgotpwd16 7y agoBecause you aren't paying for a brand name could be another reason.