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Yes steer well clear of this guy. I can’t remember the details as it was long ago but I distinctly remember him being lambasted by the design/dev community. ED
by pixxel 6y ago
Yes steer well clear of this guy. I can’t remember the details as it was long ago but I distinctly remember him being lambasted by the design/dev community.
EDIT: Not to leave HN readers hanging and to back up my comment...
He raised $100,000 on Kickstarter back in 2014 to build a "privacy" focused phone. One month later he took the phone off the table due to "lack of resources". Needless to say the phone never materialised.
https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/ind-ie-scales-back-focuses-on-heartbeat-social-networking-client/ https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/ind-ie-scales-back-focuses-on-...
- rvz 6y agoEven Heartbeat was a stunning failure. I had high hopes for this guy but he had a contradictory exception towards accepting Apple and their stance on 'privacy' at the time. Both him and his wife are all in on this utopian small-web privacy idea and they detest attending conferences with FAANMG sponsorship. However, his wife recently attended a design conference sponsored by Facebook, Twitter and Google. [0] He'll probably instantly block you if you brought this up or spin the story. [0] https://www.framer.com/loupe/2019/ https://www.framer.com/loupe/2019/