I would disagree. What reasons are needed? It's a startup: we know they ran out of money. The rest is probably personal or not worth delving into. Apologetic tone? Save your PR spin. Eight days to migrate? Well, the users probably all have copies of the photos anyway. I liked the note. Short and to the point.
They were acquihired and will be working on other things, probably worth including that. Maybe something about the product, why it failed to catch on and what they think users should use in its place.
Will not surprise me at all that many users will miss this announcement. Turn off new accounts today, but give them 6 months and remind those that haven't signed in monthly.
Agreed, though I'd add one other thing: one could argue the issue with Batch failing was the idea itself, or the execution. Perhaps the crappy "shutting down" message is a symptom of poor execution/management.
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I would disagree. What reasons are needed? It's a startup: we know they ran out of money. The rest is probably personal or not worth delving into. Apologetic tone? Save your PR spin. Eight days to migrate? Well, the users probably all have copies of the photos anyway. I liked the note. Short and to the point.
They were acquihired and will be working on other things, probably worth including that. Maybe something about the product, why it failed to catch on and what they think users should use in its place.
Will not surprise me at all that many users will miss this announcement. Turn off new accounts today, but give them 6 months and remind those that haven't signed in monthly.
Agreed, though I'd add one other thing: one could argue the issue with Batch failing was the idea itself, or the execution. Perhaps the crappy "shutting down" message is a symptom of poor execution/management.