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I've said this before, but Automattic's catalogue of products reads like an elephant graveyard of past internet fads. I view an acquisition like this as a rela
by languagehacker 2y ago
I've said this before, but Automattic's catalogue of products reads like an elephant graveyard of past internet fads.
I view an acquisition like this as a relative death knell, but only insofar as we have seen unified messaging attempted time and again only to fail due to combinations of social pressures and anticompetitive technical choices. Beeper will be absorbed into another also-ran messaging platform that won't be able to compete with whatever communities already have critical mass.
However, as far as exits go, it sort of seems like the best possible outcome for the folks at Beeper, so congrats.
- gnicholas 2y ago> elephant graveyard of past internet fads. This makes it sound like they acquired Evernote, which perhaps wouldn't have been the worst thing ever.
- rwbt 2y agoThat's unfair to Automattic I think. I think they're really good to maintaining the products with less relative harm. Yes, I know the recent change in terms to feed their data to AI (you can pay them to avoid it). I'm still hoping they can revamp Tumblr but atleast they keep the lights on.
- chiefalchemist 2y agoI think what they're saying is, Automattic buys products that are on the way out, not on the way up. So while Automattic might be great stewarts of has-beens, is that a good fit for Beeper, a company in a market that demands up and comer-ness?
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