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I think there are lots of reasons, some of which are unfortunate (eg. lock in), and some of which are great: we want a bunch of people trying novel things, and
by pmichaud 6y ago
I think there are lots of reasons, some of which are unfortunate (eg. lock in), and some of which are great: we want a bunch of people trying novel things, and separately, one man's "versatile platform" is another man's "stagnant bloatware."
- chickenpotpie 6y agoThe lock in part is the part that frustrates me. Full disclosure, I’ve never done any product management or run a company. I don’t understand how people can sit down and say “ok let’s build the worlds 200th todo app. We’re going to build it to be just like every other one with a small tweak and if we ever want to build it differently we’ll build the worlds 201st todo app.”
- dgellow 6y agoSome users will care about the small tweak you mention. Maybe enough to have a viable business. As a user it’s good to have choice caused by competition.