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That is unfortunately a risk that one has to balance when adopting new products. It is also a reason that a product needs to be substantially better to get tra
by MattGaiser 3y ago
That is unfortunately a risk that one has to balance when adopting new products.
It is also a reason that a product needs to be substantially better to get traction rather than just an incremental improvement.
- JadoJodo 3y agoTrue, although I feel like in the case of Skiff it was. The main attraction for me is that as a Google non-user, I don't really have a great Google Docs/Sheets alternative. FastMail works great for mail, but doesn't have these other services. Skiff seemed to be the happy marriage of those two.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago> a risk that one has to balance when adopting new products Was just talking about the cost of the Google Graveyard [0] I think this needs a serious financial analysis. We talk about "externalities" and TCO (total cost of ownership) but what about hidden internal lifecycle costs like this? Might it be that using some service platforms is a net loss even if they're free? I mean, if the cost of migration and disruption when they sunset actually outweighs the use value of even a free service? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39347375 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39347375