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I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea

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851 points swyx | 1 comments | 18 Jan 21 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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laser ◴[18 Jan 21 21:39 UTC] No.25826976[source]▶
“Doppelganger has created value for the customer but not for the company.”

Tell that to “Celebs”, which’s sole app function is the described and makes ~$200K MRR.

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1. twobitshifter ◴[18 Jan 21 21:55 UTC] No.25827138[source]▶
That’s shocking to me. They have subscriptions? Why is someone subscribing to an app like this?

Looked at things on the App Store. It’s not clear what a subscription gets you but they’re charging $4.99 a week for the premium features.