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by switch11 6y ago
There is a lot of value in this post I'll list some pros and cons Pros of this approach A) Finding Product Market Fit (which is I guess what you mean by Marketing) is much easier when you focus on a niche If you go very wide you might
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by switch11 6y ago
excellent comment I'm going to give Brave a try I use Epic and LOVE it. However, do need a second browser to remove my dependence on IE/Edge
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by switch11 6y ago
That last line is why I come to Hackers News well put, Sir/Ma'am, well put PURE PERFECTION: And ironically all of this adds up to the fact they’ve assimilated into a typical type of Portland resident.
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by switch11 6y ago
Apple is in an interesting position A) Google already pays them $8 to $12 billion a year to have Google Search be the default search engine on Apple devices B) The temptation that if they can build a very good search engine they can massive
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by switch11 6y ago
good points would also add A) Whenever possible use Government subsides to subsidize your expenses, especially worker wages B) Whenever possible screw over everyone you work with and exploit your vendors and business partners C) Buy as much
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by switch11 6y ago
Agreed 100% -> Both Walmart and Amazon are pioneers of modern union busting practices. They screw workers over as much as they can get away with to squeeze out the maximum amount of labour. Instead of writing this you could as well spit
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by switch11 6y ago
Actually, agree with this article My advice would be to 1) Do iPhone native app if it is unproven market i.e. you don't know product market fit Do iPhone first because a) Apple has 66% of spending in Apps and 60%+ of spending in games
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by switch11 6y ago
you can't software engineers are not very socially adept and can't read people who are predatory it's even worse with 'save the world' type software engineers * the only thing you can do is make sure you get some
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by switch11 6y ago
yes totally Not for the teens who have moved on Not even for the millenials But the older parents and grandparents for them Facebook is pretty much how they view the Internet And WhatsApp is taking over some countries - so there Whats App i
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by switch11 6y ago
This statement makes a lot of assumptions -> It is clear that Facebook is either unwilling or unable to effectively address the spread of misinformation. Let's consider What happens if Facebook stops 'misinfo
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by switch11 6y ago
Agreed 100% with this What the person wrote before is ludicrous because coding scales much, much better than sports I'm not a big fan of the superstar idea. The only area where you can even have indentifiably top performer
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by switch11 6y ago
Good Question: ssivark 2 hours ago [–] Is it even meaningful for a company to be valued at ~$30B if it cannot guarantee survival & stability? In what sense of reality is this a “unicorn”? * Fed is printing infinite m
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by switch11 6y ago
agreed 100% AirBnb is looking for bagholders anyone with half a brain knows now is the absolute worst time to invest in something like AirBnb On the other hand, if the IPO flops, and prices go down a lot, then it might become a worthwhile r
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by switch11 6y ago
Could they have chosen worse branding than calling themselves 'Five Eyes' ???
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by switch11 6y ago
this is brilliant -> On the other hand, Chrome is nothing without promotion on google properties and being installed by default on Android. Chrome would need to pay Google an extraordinary amount to continue to be the default browser on
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by switch11 6y ago
this is an excellent point Google pushes Chrome EVERYWHERE Now that Chrome is the leading browser they are turning off targeting for everyone else, so that only Google has access to target users The solution is to STOP the monopoly of Searc
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by switch11 6y ago
I feel exactly the same At the same time - if you are on the Dev side it is well worth it to learn as much about marketing as you can There is an Art and a Science to creating these Marketing Treadmills and making them work The dream is A t
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by switch11 6y ago
I reluctantly but wholly agree with everything polote wrote: Currently analytics is a fraud, analytics is useless, it is what you do about that data which is important. Most of analytics/ab testing software are just giving data (which
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by switch11 6y ago
As a former H1B holder who walked away from a Green Card because being a bonded laborer for 10+ years to a large tech company wasn't my cup of tea I agree 1000% with you on this -> H1B has been/is being abused by all companies
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by switch11 6y ago
Here are the problems A) Google pushing its own services over better services owned by others Example: Yelp was the best reviews service for quite a while Google was stealing their data and putting Google Reviews first in results This was a
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by switch11 6y ago
and for that you had to find a job get/consult a lawyer to make sure everything was good do the whole change and end up in the exact same situation Situation: You are tied to ONE employer and if something goes wrong th
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by switch11 6y ago
they also promised to not share data between services which is also broken
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by switch11 6y ago
very true People don't seem to realize that sooner or later EVERYONE will be under attack from this sort of '10 large companies that own everything' model They seem to think - Oh my job is safe, so what do I care if taxi driv
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by switch11 6y ago
comment of the day It's exactly what I thought when I read the headline
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by switch11 6y ago
I find the following things really help me get in flow A) (If this applies to you) work at a time when rest of the world is asleep B) Have some medium quality thing going on at the same time Ideal is NEtflix as they have a lot of mediocre s
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by switch11 6y ago
Let's look at some background 1) The issue is that Google is attacking competitors using the App Store as a weapon Google Pay is one of the biggest payment apps in India It attacked PayTm, another very big payment app, by making its ap
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by switch11 6y ago
Unfortunately, this is very accurate -> I just hope this witch-hunt doesn't end the same as the Dread Pirate Roberts case for the government's political game on controlling cryptocurrencies and maintaining their monopoly over
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by switch11 6y ago
you cannot 'overcome bipolar disorder with medication' It's a permanent mental illness and cannot be 'cured' or 'overcome'
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by switch11 6y ago
yeah, you have to be very careful when doing this people in many countries have died from this it's very rare. However, you don't want to be the poster child for it
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by switch11 6y ago
This is a very interesting article because it is talking about two things and their conclusion seems to be wrong on both * A) They say they failed because they had a bleeding edge product IN Reality: they are talking more about

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