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Ask HN: Should apps have a “solo” mode for people who don't collaborate?
And if so, what would this solo mode do differently that would be particularly helpful for people who work alone?
- JoeyBananas 4y agoA program that I consider to be "good" would not try to address such a specific use case. [Insert paragraph about emacs, vim and unix philosophy here]
- HWR_14 4y agoI have no idea what that would look like specifically. I can see some collaboration features being omitted, but nothing that would be different.
- autoexec 4y agoIf I'm not collaborating why would I want to use an app designed primarily for collaboration?
- amichail 4y agoThe question is whether there are solo-specific features that would enhance the solo experience. Just because an app doesn't support collaboration doesn't mean it has these solo-specific features.
- autoexec 4y agoThe biggest solo-specific feature I look for is privacy. An app that doesn't copy my data to anyone else or host my data on someone else's server is a big plus.
- hitpointdrew 4y agoShouldn’t the app itself dictate if it is collaborative or solo? We shouldn’t be slamming in collaborative because “everything is networked”, and shouldn’t be tacking on “solo” to a collaborative app. I mean a “solo” version of slack makes no sense. Likewise a “collaborative” version of minesweeper also makes no sense.
- giantg2 4y agoNo.
- yen223 4y agoThat's usually the "free" tier for apps. It's becoming common for products to offer collaboration as a paid premium feature.