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334 points · 236 comments · jrochkind1

  1. paultopia · · focus · HN ↗
    Two slightly disconnected thoughts:

    1. This is why BDFL culture in open source is bad. Because if the BDFL decides to go all in on some completely bizarre mess, all of a sudden there’s massive fork politics.

    2. Hey is the marquee product now?? Does anyone actually use Hey? I tried it for a year, and basically found I was paying for the privilege of having a slower, buggier, less feature-rich gmail that can’t even dent the have-a-paid-email-that-doesn’t-exploit-you market (Fastmail and Proton exist, yo).

    1. __float · · focus · HN ↗
      The only people I know still using Hey are doing so because there's no way to move your address elsewhere. It's a PITA to change your email everywhere (and some unfortunate place don't let you; e.g. email as the login and primary key)
      1. moojacob · · focus · HN ↗
        If you cancel, 37signals let you keep your hey.com address and auto forward mail to a new email address. :)
        1. Conlectus · · focus · HN ↗
          They also say that this is “just a courtesy” and not to rely on it.
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