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I believe so deeply in the KISS (keep it simple stupid) method. In most cases features become fuel for press and the more social side of business, “Hey did you see we just added XYZ”, which has very little to do with real business, making money and keep your user experience awesome.
With PhoneTag people wanted us to glue on every piece of shit feature they could think of and I always fought to keep the product dead simple. In the end while PhoneTag is not the biggest company ever, we had a great outcome in a very tough market, built a profitable business and our customer loyalty is off the charts (especially for a expensive product).
So take that features!
vruz:
Making a product better often requires removing features.
- Marco Arment
—via startupquote:
vruz sez: if he really said it that way, this is the stupidest remark ever. strange coming from such a clever and successful guy. this is exactly the wrong sort of minimalistic thought that gave us ‘tumblarity’. I have already explained why extensively here.
Rafer sez:
It was also the sort of thinking that took Tumblarity away when it sucked and didn’t replace it out of price or ego. Not 100% wrong that.
