End of the Road for Xmarks

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201 points willwagner | 1 comments | 27 Sep 10 23:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.241s | source

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jsankey ◴[28 Sep 10 00:30 UTC] No.1734124[source]▶

with the emergence of competent sync features built in to Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, it’s hard to see users paying for a service that they can now get for free

After taking so many knocks, it's easy to be disheartened. But why not at least give this a go? It doesn't involve a large engineering investment - just charge for what you already offer! When the alternative is shutting down, where existing users need to move on anyway, you might as well. Those users might appreciate the value of what they have now that it is about to disappear...

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scg ◴[28 Sep 10 01:08 UTC] No.1734207[source]▶

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Maybe it's because it creates an obligation for them to continue the service for a reasonable amount of time.

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1. webwright ◴[28 Sep 10 03:08 UTC] No.1734412[source]▶

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I bet you're absolutely right. They have/had an amazing team. As such, 3 months of opportunity cost ain't cheap. And it's VC-backed (I believe). Given the long-term prognosis for the market, why would you spend 3 months in salaries if the upside isn't big enough to justify the the investment? Just return what's left of the cash to the investors so they can put it into a growth opportunity.

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