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Oh hey, this is me, when it comes to products. I am almost certainly of the "harbinger of failure" group where if I like your product, it's going to be a disast

Oh hey, this is me, when it comes to products. I am almost certainly of the "harbinger of failure" group where if I like your product, it's going to be a disaster. https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/certain-customers-spell-doom-for-new-products/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/certain-customers-sp... Not only did I buy a Zune, I was an early enthusiastic customer of their streaming subscription service and thought that it would topple the iTunes sales model. We all know how well that went.

booleandilemma 3y ago
Except Zune wasn't a bad product. I liked it. It had a radio and was easy to develop apps for.
- datavirtue 3y ago
  Doomed to failure. How come none of Microsoft's bad products ever die? RIP Windows Phone.
_ah 3y ago
Also: subscription streaming did topple the iTunes sales model. It just wasn't Microsoft that made it work in the marketplace.
datavirtue 3y ago
Same here. "Split brain," logical, analytical person. We aren't even a rounding error in market numbers. If I like it it is probably the superior product providing the most value...rarely ever matters.