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The sad thing about seeing new hosted photo services (like what we see when we click into the linked Ente site) is how I think they'll eventually fail the same
by ValentineC 3y ago
The sad thing about seeing new hosted photo services (like what we see when we click into the linked Ente site) is how I think they'll eventually fail the same way Picturelife did [1], or how they'll eventually get acquired, and their services/features nerfed by the whims of their new overlord.
I guess it's a good thing Ente might become a viable self-hosted option in the future. I haven't tried the hosted service, but a metadata export guarantee could be huge in attracting paying users for which this is a concern.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/22/12587656/picturelife-shutdown-streamnation-jonathan-benassaya https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/22/12587656/picturelife-shut...
- vishnumohandas 3y agoI believe that we can build an incredibly profitable business by serving photos well. SmugMug has proven this. But their audience is Pro while ours is consumers. ARPU and TAM are different for both, but I think the product will favor us (once we are about more than just e2ee). That said, I understand your concern. Open-sourcing the server was a step towards ensuring posterity. Pricing ourself sustainably from day #1 was another. We'll have to do a lot more work on this front over the next few decades and eventually find someone aligned with our ethos to pass the baton to. I find this to be a very interesting problem to work on :)