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Better title: Convert sharing links between music services I understand it probably comes from the original motivation, but the name seems unfortunate since yo
by lucb1e 1y ago
Better title: Convert sharing links between music services
I understand it probably comes from the original motivation, but the name seems unfortunate since you can totally use it to convert to Spotify from e.g. iTunes if you do have Spotify but just not one of the dozen competitor subscription services
- ipsum2 1y agoNo, I don't have Spotify is more memorable.
- amarant 1y agoAnd less descriptive. The title "I am cthulhu" is even more memorable, and illustrates why memorability shouldn't be the sole criteria. GP has a good point imo
- gchamonlive 1y agoDoes everything need to be as descriptive as possible? Something should be left for imagination or curiosity.
- lucb1e 1y agoI kinda like not having the HN homepage not be lorem ipsum but having some clue of what something is about "everything" obviously goes a bit far, but as a principle, I couldn't imagine it any other way
- gchamonlive 1y agoFor programming, sure. For blog posts, that certainly isn't applicable. It's art just as much as it's tech. If the title is outrageously bad, then it's bad art, or art that isn't in your taste. But we are out of the realm of the objectiveness here.
- al_borland 1y agoIt’s on a subdomain. They could very easily make memorizable names for all the different things. “I don’t have Spotify”, “I don’t have Apple Music”, etc. All of those could point to the same tool. That keeps it catchy and accurate to what the user is actually doing.
- whycome 1y agoIt's intriguing. And i suspect the specific audience that doesn't have spotify (and has remembered thinking this phrase/concept) will be the most curious (so, a high correlation with your target). It's exactly why I clicked on it. And it's exactly what I hoped it would be (before having any idea).
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- sodapopcan 1y agoEhn, "I don't have Spotify" is catchy, and probably the most common scenario for many people as Spotify seems to be the general default that is shared. What I don't like about it is that it keeps Spotify's name front and centre. Like I've been making a very concerted effort in the past year to say "internet search" instead of "google it."
- Barbing 1y agoI like “web search”
- sodapopcan 1y agoYa that’s easier, lol
- tomrod 1y agoVivaldi comes with Start Page by default, and I've been liking Kagi a lot recently.
- sodapopcan 1y agoI’ve been a Kagi customer for about a year now I think!
- mediumsmart 1y agoMe too and I have the t-Shirt to prove it.
- tomrod 1y agoWhoa, they have swag?
- goosejuice 1y agoKagi is very much worth the cost. Doesn't work very well as a verb though.
- paulcole 1y agoYes, I’ll admit that before clicking the link I thought this was going to be yet another navel-gazing tech-bro humble-brag blog post.
- cassianoleal 1y agoSimilarly here. My first thought was "neither do I, so what?" Then I decided to pop into the comments here.
- tempodox 1y agoI would never have guessed it’s a tool by the title, I thought it’s a blog post.
- booleandilemma 1y agoSame here - some kind of sanctimonious lecture thing, maybe a bit about FOSS.