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DPReview’s Founder drys tears with a handful of (undisclosed purchase price) Amazon $$$'s.

by shapefrog 3y ago

umeshunni 3y ago
Person who ran site for 12 years and sold it complains about it being shut down after 13 years.
- shapefrog 3y ago
  Person who ran site for 9 years and sold it complains about it being shut down 16 years after they sold it ...
pupppet 3y ago
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- OrvalWintermute 3y ago
  When you create something of value, whether it is an app, a site, a community, a tool, a series, or something novel, and you sell it, it is no longer yours. That does not mean you lose all your hopes and dreams for that thing to grow, flourish, and continue to be something of value for others, even if you have received compensation, even windfall compensation for it. We could practice being just a little bit nicer to founders and plank owners.
  - chrisfosterelli 3y ago
    You all have good points. It's important to separate the right to a decision from the right to an opinion. Obviously the founder no longer has any right to influence the decision here. But I don't think there's any reason to assume he no longer has a right to a personal opinion about it. I think it's crazy to suggest that someone can't simultaneously 1) no longer want to run something themselves but also 2) not want to see that thing destroyed entirely.
- jstarfish 3y ago
  While I normally agree with this sort of cynicism, any transfer of money does not make it hypocritical to create something and hope that its next owner treats it with the same reverence you did. Imagine spending thousands of hours and dollars raising/training a dog/horse/whatever. You're passionate about your trade and fond of the animal. You're compensated for the time you invested in Spot. The fistful of cash in your pocket isn't going to offset your disappointment when you hear the next owner shot Spot in the head for being inconvenient. It's hard not to take it personally if you actually care about something.
  - belval 3y ago
    Amazon kept the website alive for 16 years after the purchase that's already pretty far out of "the next owner shot Spot in the head for being inconvenient". Even more to your analogy, the average lifespan of a dog is something like 13 years.
  - shapefrog 3y ago
    If you sell your horse to the glue factory you can't pull the Shocked Pikachu face it when gets tuned into glue.
tedunangst 3y ago
HN just loves a good "another person thinks what I think" story. It would be more newsworthy if they said something like "I'm glad it's gone, good riddance."

DPReview’s Founder drys tears with a handful of (undisclosed purchase price) Amazon $$$'s.

umeshunni 3y ago

Person who ran site for 12 years and sold it complains about it being shut down after 13 years.

shapefrog 3y ago
Person who ran site for 9 years and sold it complains about it being shut down 16 years after they sold it ...

pupppet 3y ago

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OrvalWintermute 3y ago
When you create something of value, whether it is an app, a site, a community, a tool, a series, or something novel, and you sell it, it is no longer yours. That does not mean you lose all your hopes and dreams for that thing to grow, flourish, and continue to be something of value for others, even if you have received compensation, even windfall compensation for it. We could practice being just a little bit nicer to founders and plank owners.
- chrisfosterelli 3y ago
  You all have good points. It's important to separate the right to a decision from the right to an opinion. Obviously the founder no longer has any right to influence the decision here. But I don't think there's any reason to assume he no longer has a right to a personal opinion about it. I think it's crazy to suggest that someone can't simultaneously 1) no longer want to run something themselves but also 2) not want to see that thing destroyed entirely.
jstarfish 3y ago
While I normally agree with this sort of cynicism, any transfer of money does not make it hypocritical to create something and hope that its next owner treats it with the same reverence you did. Imagine spending thousands of hours and dollars raising/training a dog/horse/whatever. You're passionate about your trade and fond of the animal. You're compensated for the time you invested in Spot. The fistful of cash in your pocket isn't going to offset your disappointment when you hear the next owner shot Spot in the head for being inconvenient. It's hard not to take it personally if you actually care about something.
- belval 3y ago
  Amazon kept the website alive for 16 years after the purchase that's already pretty far out of "the next owner shot Spot in the head for being inconvenient". Even more to your analogy, the average lifespan of a dog is something like 13 years.
- shapefrog 3y ago
  If you sell your horse to the glue factory you can't pull the Shocked Pikachu face it when gets tuned into glue.

tedunangst 3y ago

HN just loves a good "another person thinks what I think" story. It would be more newsworthy if they said something like "I'm glad it's gone, good riddance."