arturkesik

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Comment · 7 months ago
this is what you need government for? For brockering deals?
Comment · 7 months ago
For a second I thought it's a linux dedicated for older adults and I was so excited that maybe my mom would have it easier using tech
Comment · 2 years ago
Dumbphones are so dumb. I just used Apple configurator, installed special profiles that block social network sites / news sites and few addictive apps.

If you want you can block all of appstore, block safari etc.

Why would you block uber on your phone? Also I can still use messenger to chat with my friends and don't have to force them to sms me.

Plus I saved money as I kept my iPhone.

I also can take high quality photos and videos.

I can use google maps.

Dumb phones are dumb. Why on earth would anyone buy one?

Comment · 2 years ago
Don't want to be this guy - but isn't this article just an ad for fujifilm? The author only mentions fujifilm and there is a link to buy one of these cameras right at the beginning.

Maybe it's more of a try to generate a trend then a real trend the journalist is describing?

Comment · 2 years ago
Instead of half-working all day I prefer to work for half a day

Parkinson law: "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion"

Horstman’a corollary: "Work contracts to fit in the time we give it"

I used to give myself only 5 hours of work a day in given hours. My productivity was surprisingly better than with full 8 hours, my stress was lower, and I had so much free time.

I really should get back to doing that

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
I come from family of scuba divers, and the scuba divers are a perfect market for this I think - pretty rich, pretty lazy and have to cover a lot of distance underwater
Comment · 2 years ago
I did some research because I was also interested and I read somewhere that FB has creator fund, similar to tiktok, where you can get paid for engagement under your posts. So it seems to be a scam, where they don't even hope to display content to real users, just fake engagement and get paid by FB
Comment · 2 years ago
just went over free 100 searches and paid for unlimited searches. The results are so good! Especially since google has been causing me so much frustration! I remember using google many years ago and seeing better results then I see today!
Comment · 2 years ago
Congrats on launching! I know it can be a scary thing to do.

I browsed your landing page and signed in to test it. Here is my feedback, hope it is useful.

- the headline is not explaining your product in a clear language, at least for me. The section deeper down the landing page does it better: "Upload a bunch of videos and our AI will create TikTok stories in your voice!". This together with the video makes a product click for me.

- Would be cool if the video had an option to play sound as well. As big part of your product is voice clonning, I would like to hear if voice sounds ok.

- I checked the pricing and it's reasonable. I wonder if agency plan is going to be working for agencies, maybe they would need more video upload time?

I signed in to test.

- User is redirected to the dashboard and has one clear action they can take -> Create new short. This is good! No need for complicated onboarding and you can give value immediately.

- Uploading videos have some friction. On computer I had to go to google photos, download videos and then upload them. Not sure if you can remove friction here, maybe by adding an option to connect iCloud / google photos somehow automatically.

- After downloading multiple videos, I tried to drag them onto your form. It failed, saying I need to uplaod one video. This is small, but it confused me, as on landing page you say upload VIDEOS and here we upload one.

- Unfortunately after dropping one video, you show an error that I need to upgrade before doing that. That's such a bummer, and I believe a dealbreaker for most users! I was expecting I can try your app before paying! I believe you should be clear that the user cannot try the app without paying, and ask for money at the beginning. You could try showing value in a cheap way, for example by showing more examples of quality your app is generating, but for me the price is way to high to try it, without enough value demonstrated at this step.

- small nitpick, in your app when you click InstaShorts in top left corner, your routes redirect to some default screen, showing the template you are using. Probably want to hide it!

- very small nitpick but selected sidebar item having the same background as main content is clashing a bit and makes the app look strange.

Please let me know if this is helpful, and good luck!

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