Yes! Also because capitalism is the bestest, most innovative economic system ever!
elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
why did notion buy it? to shut it down?
Maeve@kbin.social 4 months ago
hannes3120@feddit.de 4 months ago
Perhaps interested in the people working there and wanting to create their own email service from the ground up?
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They’ve just done the same with a calendar app that I forget the name of. They then rereleased it under their own brand.
They appear to be on an unspoken mission to challenge Google’s suite of apps, so I’d hazard a guess that email tech is a part of that puzzle (along with calendar)
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Cron. They didn’t shut it down though, they just suddenly transitioned it. I’d just started using Cron when they did it and it was very unexpected for me.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean that sounds pretty reasonable, could they just not think of a name that wasn’t already in prevalent use? Was the goal to be unsearchable for anyone trying to find it?
That’s like creating a reminders app and naming it task manager.
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
They renamed it Notion calendar, but Cron had pretty solid SEO. I much preferred its old name and theme.
sugartits@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Or a spreadsheet program and calling it Excel.
Or outlook, access…
The name doesn’t matter if you can establish it.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s the one, and you’re right, it is currently a rebrand but ultimately the same product.
I think having separate apps is the wrong way to go for their “integrate everything in one place” philosophy, over the longer term. I’m eager to see what they do with it next.
netburnr@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There mission must be copying Google killing perfectly good products.
kautau@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Most likely with the goal of getting acquired by Google or MS or something. Exit strategies eating exit strategies