Do users have appetite for yet another interface?
Kornel Grunwald
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Something that is in my mind since 2018 when I watched a YT video of an engineer who worked at Microsoft and Google, was his idea of developing interfaceless apps, or distributed apps.
Considering that people are more and more overwhelmed with new apps that serve more niche needs - especially in the B2B - did you consider integrating your product first into others, like Chrome extension, Notion embed, and Jira plugin?
If yes what are your experiences; if no, how did it go with managing churn rates?
All the best to your launches, if you are launching soon!
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Murali Gottumukkala@murali_aasaan
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Yes, if it provides value
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@murali_aasaan like everything! It is more about what is the first instinct - build inside, or try things out in more complex way and build your own thing!
Have not done that before, but it's definitely an interesting approach to starting. These platforms already have a large number of customers, so this can help boost them.
However, I usually find this strategy harder to monetize. Most seems to start out with free tools and then make a paid version that's their native website/app
Main issue there is that you have to migrate users from a free version that's on a platform they're used to using to your own platform
It's like going from a warm shower to a cold one, so very difficult.
Iconite
Unfortunately, not all of the products can fit into existing frames. As far as I see the product you're working on fits into potent area of productivity, communication and collaboration tools.
On the other hand, project I'm working on doesn't have an ideal bigger player to stick to. This makes me to pursue developing my own app in the future. Although, I agree that in the work place setting I tend to use well-known software because there is simply too many alternatives to choose from.