Comment on Skiff, the private email provider has been acquired by Notion. It is set to shut down its services after 6 months.

elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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)

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  • Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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      • Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They renamed it Notion calendar, but Cron had pretty solid SEO. I much preferred its old name and theme.

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      • sugartits@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or a spreadsheet program and calling it Excel.

        Or outlook, access…

        The name doesn’t matter if you can establish it.

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    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • netburnr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There mission must be copying Google killing perfectly good products.

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Most likely with the goal of getting acquired by Google or MS or something. Exit strategies eating exit strategies

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• Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes! Also because capitalism is the bestest, most innovative economic system ever!

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• hannes3120@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Perhaps interested in the people working there and wanting to create their own email service from the ground up?

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