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This is the incessant cycle I've been seeing a lot of for the past ten years: 1. Depend on proprietary service that silos data 2. Service changes price or shu
by redwall_hp 5y ago
This is the incessant cycle I've been seeing a lot of for the past ten years:
1. Depend on proprietary service that silos data
2. Service changes price or shuts down or does something unpopular
3. People migrate to a new product baiting people with a free offering
4. Go to 1
We never should have left self-hosted bulletin boards and IRC. Hosting is cheaper and better than ever.
- micromacrofoot 5y agothe free cycle is the worst, vc money screws over a lot of people that could just be running traditional businesses - there are good institutional shake ups as a result sometimes, but then the new players ultimately become what they sought to disrupt
- nextlevelwizard 5y agoand bulleting boards get corked on weekly basis. why is a forum so much better than a chat and FAQ? I really can't see the problem you guys are trying to fix here.