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> They are falling into the hole of adding products on top of products, while their core apps are decaying. It's not a hole, it's only natural. It's easier to
by sofixa 2y ago
> They are falling into the hole of adding products on top of products, while their core apps are decaying.
It's not a hole, it's only natural. It's easier to add new products than it is to improve existing ones (tech debt), and new products can bring in new customers, make existing customers happier, etc. which is easier to see and justify.
That being said, the Android app has some weird gaps (like can't snooze an email) that probably won't take long to fix.
- meibo 2y ago> that probably won't take long to fix. That's what I told myself about the spam thing I mentioned when they released the redesign, and it's still not possible, at least on the version I'm using at the moment. I'm sure there's a lot of background here and corporate dynamics we're not aware of, it just doesn't feel great as a paying customer. The apps have never really been fully adequate.
- sundarurfriend 2y ago> new products can bring in new customers, make existing customers happier Doesn't seem to be much of the latter in this thread (but then again, this is HN...)
- sofixa 2y ago> Doesn't seem to be much of the latter in this thread (but then again, this is HN...) Insert famous "Dropbox is just FTP, who would pay for it" comment here :)