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Very nice. Reminds me of a Steve Jobs(?) quote about how things like are should be a feature not a product. Gnome has this built in and I think Windows does to

by frfl 3y ago

Very nice. Reminds me of a Steve Jobs(?) quote about how things like are should be a feature not a product. Gnome has this built in and I think Windows does too. I recall a number of times when I wanted to look at dates while using a mac and had to open the Calendar app to do that instead of just using a calendar widget in the OS menu/task bar.

dfee 3y ago
I’ve heard investors complain of the exact opposite (well, circa 2012): “is that an app or just a feature?”. Is there an alternate side to this where people want to just sell features? Because that seems like a sure way to pursue product market fit!
- bombcar 3y ago
  The problem with selling features is you’ll get sherlocked.
  - dfee 3y ago
    is that a reference to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(software)
    - bombcar 3y ago
      Yep. The most famous case I know of a product that was a feature being redundanted.