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'Additionally, the "people who know what Markdown is but also like trusting Google with their files" demographic is vanishingly small and not who Drive is targe
by adrianvoica 3y ago
'Additionally, the "people who know what Markdown is but also like trusting Google with their files" demographic is vanishingly small and not who Drive is targeting at all.' <--this 200%
- danielbln 3y agoIt's just not true at all. Knowing/using markdown doesn't make you some Richard Stallmann type.
- pluijzer 3y agoMaybe the original author implies that you don't need to be a Richard Stallman type anymore, not to trust Google.
- DangitBobby 3y agoHN/Reddit is a bit of a bubble. Most people trust Google just fine with their files.
- coldtea 3y agoPeople who think Markdown users are a demographic major enough to matter in the context of the Google Drive userbase are also in a bit of a bubble...
- DangitBobby 3y agoYep.
- indymike 3y agoI agree with this. Most people have know idea what markdown is, and if they do use it, it is usually the text format behind a WYSIWYG editor... Some examples: Slack, Github...