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When a startup closes a service, I'm pretty sure most people in HN will be equally cautious about investing their time in any new product the same startup might
by galactus 13y ago
When a startup closes a service, I'm pretty sure most people in HN will be equally cautious about investing their time in any new product the same startup might launch.
- DominikR 13y agoOh okay, I thought the general spirit here was that people share their experiences (and failures) and thereby provide information on how to improve at the next attempt. What you are basically saying is that if someone fails, we should avoid them in the future. That's not very encouraging for anyone trying to build a business (or anything else).
- galactus 13y agoI'm not saying "we should" punish any company that kills a product, I'm saying that a track of killing products for strategic reasons is one of the factors any rational consumer usually considers before spending time in a new product.
- VikingCoder 13y ago"Investing their time." I'm sorry, but this is an awful excuse. We're the type of people who master new technologies quickly. There's essentially $0 cost, and a ton of benefit, to new products becoming available. That's why they're exciting. If the same startup starts another useful product, I'll check it out. I think people with your attitude are saying they'll cut off their nose to spite their face... but they actually won't. They'll use useful products, no matter the track record of the company, if the tradeoffs are close to right.