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I haven’t clicked through so all I know about Raycast is, “that’s the company that gets shoved into ads by copilot.” Sounds like it’s not your fault but it’s p

by tyleo 7mo ago

I haven’t clicked through so all I know about Raycast is, “that’s the company that gets shoved into ads by copilot.” Sounds like it’s not your fault but it’s probably doing some brand damage :/

delfinom 7mo ago
They should probably get a lawyer to send a C&D.
- buildbot 7mo ago
  There’s like 100 comments blaming raycast, they should just sue for damages lol.
  - grayhatter 7mo ago
    Had I not seen this thread, I would have assumed they consented to it, and I'd never willingly interact with Raycast or it's team in any way. I still have a somewhat negative opinion, so I think it's safe to say there are damages.
  - tylerchilds 7mo ago
    As a data point, I consent to be counted as associating raycast with the Microsoft brand and viewing them negatively as a consequence of using pull requests as an advertising canvas.
  - altairprime 7mo ago
    They should sue to have the ads removed from the texts they were inserted into, which is a vastly more difficult problem than simply paying some dollars.
- BloondAndDoom 7mo ago
  I hear you, but honestly it’s kind of funny to think a company would send C&D to stop free advertising for them. I’d be surprising to see if any company ever does that, whatever the people think small brands worth they actually worth way less than that.
  - Imustaskforhelp 7mo ago
    Is it free advertising or free brand damage? (people might think that raycast had consented to this) but as we know from this thread, Raycast didn't consent to this. It might be interesting to see what a lawyer might think of this and if there are enough reasonable claims to genuinely sue for damages (Raycast definitely seek a lawyer privately, just in case)
    - huflungdung 7mo ago
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joeevans1000 7mo ago
Well... I didn't know about them until now. Looks like a cool product, actually. Might have to try them out. What's that old saying?
theshrike79 7mo ago
Raycast is like Alfred, but with MORE AI. Which made me go 'ugh' even before this. Automatic AI ads on it didn't help. But the team member saying they had no involvement in this brought my opinion of Raycast from 'ewwwwww' back to 'ugh'.

by tyleo 7mo ago

delfinom 7mo ago

They should probably get a lawyer to send a C&D.

buildbot 7mo ago
There’s like 100 comments blaming raycast, they should just sue for damages lol.
- grayhatter 7mo ago
  Had I not seen this thread, I would have assumed they consented to it, and I'd never willingly interact with Raycast or it's team in any way. I still have a somewhat negative opinion, so I think it's safe to say there are damages.
- tylerchilds 7mo ago
  As a data point, I consent to be counted as associating raycast with the Microsoft brand and viewing them negatively as a consequence of using pull requests as an advertising canvas.
- altairprime 7mo ago
  They should sue to have the ads removed from the texts they were inserted into, which is a vastly more difficult problem than simply paying some dollars.
BloondAndDoom 7mo ago
I hear you, but honestly it’s kind of funny to think a company would send C&D to stop free advertising for them. I’d be surprising to see if any company ever does that, whatever the people think small brands worth they actually worth way less than that.
- Imustaskforhelp 7mo ago
  Is it free advertising or free brand damage? (people might think that raycast had consented to this) but as we know from this thread, Raycast didn't consent to this. It might be interesting to see what a lawyer might think of this and if there are enough reasonable claims to genuinely sue for damages (Raycast definitely seek a lawyer privately, just in case)
  - huflungdung 7mo ago
    [dead]

joeevans1000 7mo ago

Well... I didn't know about them until now. Looks like a cool product, actually. Might have to try them out. What's that old saying?

theshrike79 7mo ago

Raycast is like Alfred, but with MORE AI. Which made me go 'ugh' even before this. Automatic AI ads on it didn't help. But the team member saying they had no involvement in this brought my opinion of Raycast from 'ewwwwww' back to 'ugh'.