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I Bought Friendster for $30k — Here’s What I’m Doing With It (ca98am79.medium.com)
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[–] lime@feddit.nu 142 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'm in the domain name business

it's called "cybersquatting". fuck all the way off.

also

> "my wife and i met on okcupid and i want more people to make connections like that"
> creates an app that's only available on 20% of phones and requires meeting in person to connect

this guy is delulu

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That was my thought process too.

"This app helps you make friends without algarhythems, or ads, or data tracking"

"Cool! How do I use it?"

"By having friends."

"But I don't have friends anymore! I'm over 30, and as work and responsibilities have taken over my daily life, I no longer have the time required to maintain healthy friendships. I was looking to this app to make new friends. How would I do that here?"

"By having friends".

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 23 points 2 days ago

It's what plants crave.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

iOS is 60% of users in the US, where the author is from.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

iOS is 60% of users in the US, where the author is from.

But only 30% of the known universe, where the author is from.

[–] shynoise@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm a wee bit stoned but this math is concerning, right?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

but the us is only 5% of the potential market, and most countries don't use primarily iphones. western europe is around 35% apple and that's as high as it goes internationally

[–] glowie@infosec.pub 16 points 2 days ago

Fun fact, most Americans don’t give a shit about any of us who don’t live there lol

[–] ian@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Apple stuff is super expensive here, so few of my friends have iOS. But it's their work phone.