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Bending Spoons also owns Evernote, which has been thoroughly enshitified. This doesn't sound good for Meetup.

by mikequinlan 3y ago

bdcravens 3y ago
Reality hasn't been good to Meetup. At this point, it's just a matter of squeezing the juice out of a dying tree.
- F-W-M 3y ago
  What did reality do to meetup?
  - bdcravens 3y ago
    People stopped going to in-person events.
    - F-W-M 3y ago
      I visited more events post-covid than pre-covid.
      - bdcravens 3y ago
        There's a group of people who were eager for events once the pandemic "ended", but that group is much smaller than those who used to regularly go to events and stopped. Companies like Meetup need scale to be successful.
  - rolfvandekrol 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic
  - pmontra 3y ago
    As a data point, I used to organize a Meetup in the very city Bending Spoons is based at. The last meetup was right before the covid pandemic hit. We never had a new one. We keep using our Telegram channel to exchange news and experiences.
    - em-bee 3y ago
      many places are bouncing back. give it some time. and do promote the idea. likely the problem is that the pre-covid organizers have moved on, so it takes a new generation of volunteers to organize something.
pantulis 3y ago
Product-wise I'd argue that Evernote was in the middle of a deshitification but was financially running on fumes, and the move to Electron was the right one although the release was rushed and it alienated the user base. I find it interesting that BS is a native mobile shop and now they have to manage some frontend built on top of Electron. Growth-wise is another thing, I think they have decided to get rid of the free users and in my opinion they have skimmed too much from the free tier which is basically a "try before you buy" now.
notyourwork 3y ago
Maybe I’m an outlier but I continue to use Evernote. It works well as of last 6 months (have had an account for over a decade) and find it just works well enough to not abandon.
- randerson 3y ago
  Be aware: Your next renewal will be double the price it was last year.
agos 3y ago
they also own Filmic, which has also been thorooughly enshittified. Not holding my breath for Meetup

Bending Spoons also owns Evernote, which has been thoroughly enshitified. This doesn't sound good for Meetup.

bdcravens 3y ago

Reality hasn't been good to Meetup. At this point, it's just a matter of squeezing the juice out of a dying tree.

F-W-M 3y ago
What did reality do to meetup?
- bdcravens 3y ago
  People stopped going to in-person events.
  - F-W-M 3y ago
    I visited more events post-covid than pre-covid.
    - bdcravens 3y ago
      There's a group of people who were eager for events once the pandemic "ended", but that group is much smaller than those who used to regularly go to events and stopped. Companies like Meetup need scale to be successful.
- rolfvandekrol 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic
- pmontra 3y ago
  As a data point, I used to organize a Meetup in the very city Bending Spoons is based at. The last meetup was right before the covid pandemic hit. We never had a new one. We keep using our Telegram channel to exchange news and experiences.
  - em-bee 3y ago
    many places are bouncing back. give it some time. and do promote the idea. likely the problem is that the pre-covid organizers have moved on, so it takes a new generation of volunteers to organize something.

pantulis 3y ago

Product-wise I'd argue that Evernote was in the middle of a deshitification but was financially running on fumes, and the move to Electron was the right one although the release was rushed and it alienated the user base. I find it interesting that BS is a native mobile shop and now they have to manage some frontend built on top of Electron. Growth-wise is another thing, I think they have decided to get rid of the free users and in my opinion they have skimmed too much from the free tier which is basically a "try before you buy" now.

notyourwork 3y ago

Maybe I’m an outlier but I continue to use Evernote. It works well as of last 6 months (have had an account for over a decade) and find it just works well enough to not abandon.

randerson 3y ago
Be aware: Your next renewal will be double the price it was last year.

agos 3y ago

they also own Filmic, which has also been thorooughly enshittified. Not holding my breath for Meetup