I'm not sure the crackpot is what we're talking about here. We're talking about something tht violates the prevailing opinion in a way that can be verified, and results a change in what we know to be true. The crackpot is mostly the result of a very aspirational world view, and usually under the hood has bias and error that is often quite obvious.
> All of them are coming for our SaaS margins, and as an industry we are woefully unprepared.
My company just switched from slug slow product management driven tech to startup footing. Everything is up for grabs everywhere. And it's always like this in tech when there's a sea change.
> We also struggle to attract this kind of talent. People who fit that profile go to FAANG or the labs.
Hires aren't the problem, culture is. I can take the same new dev that a FAANG hires and turn them into a slug with the development process I see at most b2b saas companies. The flipside is true too: you can take an average dev and set them free and amazing things happen.
Most B2B SaaS companies have three people managing tickets for every developer, executives don't understand bugs are the byproduct of progress (and will be fixed quickly), have name brand enterprise agile-fall style processes, have six months of sprints preplanned, are fixated on UI testing, and do releases like they are publishing CD ROMS. This kind of culture is literally repugnant to innovators, problem solvers, people doing things a new way, and people who value doing things well (because fighting everyone to change for better sucks).
Honestly I didn't even realize Bing hasn't yet been rebranded as Copilot. And honestly who needs a "search engine" anymore when you can just ask Friend Copilot?
With the Windows 11 debacle, many are learning first hand about what closed ecosystems force on you. It seems every feed I have that has gaming as an interest has an article about Linux as the future. Clearly someone is reading these articles.
I suspect this one is death by 1000 cuts as Amazon has distribution facilities everywhere and will be subject to state and even local laws concerning warranty, product safety, and trademark. You can't contract your way out of it, and defective and counterfeit product can even carry criminal liability depending on jurisdiction. Good move Amazon.
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