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I realized I was reading too many websites and decided to switch to RSS, only to find out that Google had killed Reader a month earlier. Years later, I came ac
by ibaikov 2y ago
I realized I was reading too many websites and decided to switch to RSS, only to find out that Google had killed Reader a month earlier.
Years later, I came across Artifact, created by the founders of Instagram, and thought it was an interesting idea. The problem was I was reading its shutdown announcement.
Sometimes I think products are killed way too early. Look at twitch, it boomed after years of stagnation.
- robertlagrant 2y agoTwitch has found some not-amazing niches to bulk up its revenue. A service needs to be profitable to work, and I don't think anyone wanted to pay for RSS. Or not enough.
- ibaikov 2y agoSomewhat true back then, but I think now there are more people who would pay for it, and they could capitalize a lot on integrating LLMs into RSS apps.
- robertlagrant 2y agoBy comparison, Twitch's yearly revenue is consistently over $100m[0] from subscriptions and other in-app payments (e.g. taking a cut for buying their internal currency). [0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/517907/twitch-app-revenue https://www.statista.com/statistics/517907/twitch-app-revenu...