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Back in the early smartphone days one of the last mobile games that I recall that simply cost money and didn't nag you for in-app purchases was Angry Birds. You
by cletus 5y ago
Back in the early smartphone days one of the last mobile games that I recall that simply cost money and didn't nag you for in-app purchases was Angry Birds. You may be tempted to correct me because modern Angry Birds looks nothing like this. Trust me, it was once $1-5 and that was it. And it was pretty popular for a time.
Anyway around this time Rovio (the game studio) raised $42M [1] and I distinctly remember thinking "well that's a huge mistake" and "this is the end".
Companies that produce creative content just don't scale in a way that's compatible with VC. I include game studios and content creators like Netflix in this. Netflix is a prime example of how you just can't throw money at creating content and become HBO. While I agree with Netflix's need for original content, it's become so expensive that their monthly subscription is now too expensive for many to just have and ignore (with the recent price hike it's more expensive than HBO Max).
Anyway, I use 1Password having previously used LastPass and pay for it. I have a bad feeling about this funding round because what can possibly justify it?
To those who argue there are free alternatives, that's true but any I've used just aren't as good. It's not just generating and storing a password and filling out a form. So many companies have subtleties that make this annoying. Maybe it's the username on one page and then password on another. Or the form filling out is incompatible with some shitty Javascript or whatever. This is the real value of 1Paswword.
And can I just complain for a second about how some sites (I'm looking at you American Airlines) add a third field (surname for AA) for no reason whatsoever, which is just awkward for a password manager.
I did learn from this post about the Fastmail integration to automatically create one-use passwords. This is a feature I've long wanted and I'm surprised that Gmail doesn't do this because it seems like such an easy win for users. I may have to sign up for that.
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/article/rovio-accel/angry-birds-creators-rovio-raises-42-million-idUSLDE72918B20110310 https://www.reuters.com/article/rovio-accel/angry-birds-crea...