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1. raverbashing ◴[] No.25826771[source]
I think this was posted already (a couple of years? ago)

Anyway, yeah, it wasn't a good value proposition (and is it just me or GlacierMD is a bad name for this)?

Because in the end, it doesn't matter much if you don't get "the absolutely best choice of drug". If it solves your problem great, if not, doctors can exchange it, but that's when the drug or dosage is bad, not "not great".

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2. jaywalk ◴[] No.25826821[source]
From Glacier, it's a very short mental route to Titanic. So, yeah I'd say naming your product that brings up thoughts of the Titanic is not great.
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3. stevewodil ◴[] No.25826824[source]
I would definitely look at antidepressants on GlacierMD, because I think I want to take one but the options and side effects are all over the place
4. rusteh1 ◴[] No.25826844[source]
Iceberg != Glacier. AWS manages to market Glacier without people expecting S3 to sink to the bottom of the Atlantic
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5. jaywalk ◴[] No.25827062{3}[source]
Good point, but AWS Glacier also has a very clear connection to the word since it's a cold storage service.
6. yawnxyz ◴[] No.25827245[source]
yeah if it was something like "we can recommend a cheaper drug" then there might be an incentive... but also that's not how drugs are even priced. The healthcare world is such a mess. Charging doctor's offices for SaaS is very very tricky.