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The Simple Mobile Tools suite was sold to an adware vendor last year. Plenty of links to stories if you're interested, even here on HN.
by aorth 2y ago
The Simple Mobile Tools suite was sold to an adware vendor last year. Plenty of links to stories if you're interested, even here on HN.
- p4bl0 2y agoYes, the SMT apps are slowly being forked over to the Fossify project: https://www.fossify.org/ https://www.fossify.org/.
- Viliam1234 2y agoI can't even get angry at that, because it seems like just another popular business pattern: * build a nice product * become popular and gain trust with customers * sell the company to a scammer * profit!
- valval 2y agoI’d do that in a heartbeat. I have a family to take care of. My customers can follow me to my next project.
- JoshTriplett 2y ago> I’d do that in a heartbeat. > My customers can follow me to my next project. If you are willing to sell your customers to an ad firm, why should they trust your next project?
- valval 2y agoBecause I have a family to feed, and I’m on their side offering them valid replacement for the app they’ve now lost to ad giants.
- JoshTriplett 2y agoIf you sold the app to the ad company, the terms of the sale are almost certainly going to prohibit you from building a competitor. You'd have to start a new venture in a different area.