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    1603 points ezekg | 11 comments | 16 Jan 25 14:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.86s | source | bottom
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    focusedone ◴[16 Jan 25 15:16 UTC] No.42726381[source]▶
    Dear goodness will any other companies trying to sell to the company I work at please adopt this strategy. Please explain clearly what your product does, how you handle security, and what the enterprise license costs on the homepage.

    Please do not harass us with calls and perpetual emails asking to schedule calls. If a call is what it takes to answer basic security and pricing questions, I loathe your company name before we've spoken and am very interested in doing business with anyone who *does* post that stuff online.

    I do not understand why that's difficult, but it must be.

    I wish I could use what this guy is selling.

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    1. herpdyderp ◴[16 Jan 25 16:41 UTC] No.42727614[source]▶
    Ironically, I also actually can't figure out what this company does from its website.
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    2. diggan ◴[16 Jan 25 16:45 UTC] No.42727653[source]▶
    The title on the website says "licensing & distribution", the paragraph under that repeats it and the code example shows some software trying to authorize a serial key to see if it's valid or not.

    I'm not sure how they could make it clearer? Maybe I'm in some sort of licensing-bubble, yet I haven't actually done any of those things myself, just seemed crystal-clear what it is from spending 30 seconds on the top of their website.

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    3. Arch-TK ◴[16 Jan 25 16:50 UTC] No.42727703[source]▶
    Really? They handle license keys (generation, registration, checking). I didn't feel this was that confusing (aside from being kind of an outdated problem).
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    4. nipponese ◴[16 Jan 25 17:00 UTC] No.42727821[source]▶
    Recently I have been dropping the URL in ChatGPT and asking what the company actually builds, problems they solve, and how they make money. Especially for consulting firms, they really try to differentiate themselves from competitors by obfuscating what they actually do.
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    5. melvinmelih ◴[16 Jan 25 17:07 UTC] No.42727924[source]▶
    Initially, I thought it was a solution for companies to manage their miscellaneous software licenses, but after some time I figured out it's a solution if you want to offer your own licensing. The gen-z ultra-wide fonts didn't help with readability either.
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    6. cyral ◴[16 Jan 25 17:11 UTC] No.42727979[source]▶
    Right, I thought it was extremely clear. The code sample on the homepage really makes it click right away for developers and confirm that it's what they need. While developers might not be the decision person, I bet they get a ton of leads from developers who find this company and then ask their management for it.
    7. Kye ◴[16 Jan 25 17:14 UTC] No.42728036[source]▶
    >> "The gen-z ultra-wide fonts didn't help with readability either."

    The font is "Owners XXWide" and the font designer's various mentions in publications suggest Elder Millennial at the latest. I don't think we can blame the kids for this one.

    8. michaelt ◴[16 Jan 25 17:15 UTC] No.42728045[source]▶
    It seems reasonably clear to me, yes - although "distribution" could mean a lot of things.

    As the documentation is all public, though, it's easy enough to see what they're offering.

    9. sesm ◴[16 Jan 25 17:25 UTC] No.42728180[source]▶
    Did you find ChatGPT responses accurate for queries like this?
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    10. Sohcahtoa82 ◴[16 Jan 25 18:47 UTC] No.42729222[source]▶
    > Especially for consulting firms, they really try to differentiate themselves from competitors by obfuscating what they actually do.

    I mean, isn't that what Zombocom was created for? I always assumed it existed to parody those firms.

    You can do anything at Zombocom[tm].

    11. nipponese ◴[16 Jan 25 20:08 UTC] No.42730243{3}[source]▶
    The responses have not been enshittified _yet_.