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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Stephen Fry‏Verified account @stephenfry 26 Mar 2013

      Good sale to Yahoo … fabulous achievement http://summly.com/about.html 

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2013
      Replying to @stephenfry

      @stephenfry Now here’s hoping Yahoo doesn’t kill it. :) I do wish people would build businesses they want to run, not just sell.

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        2. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aral

          @aral They are going to kill it. “Summly will now close, but it’s technologies will be used in other Yahoo products” reports the BBC.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aegirthor

          @aegirthor I just don’t support free products anymore. Why help someone build their business only to be rewarded by product getting axed?

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        4. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Exactly. Everyone switched to Feedly from Reader, but Feedly is free. Surely the same thing will happen there too?

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        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aegirthor

          @aegirthor Yeah, I tweeted @feedly to ask if they had a paid plan & if not what their business model is. Crickets.

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        2. Doug‏ @dougaitken 26 Mar 2013
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          @aral do you honestly think that guy started it, thinking "I'm going to build this and sell it for millions, muhahaha"?

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @dougaitken

          @dougaitken No idea. Some do. Just saying, I’ve built up a healthy scepticism of free services in the last decade or so.

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        4. Doug‏ @dougaitken 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aral

          @aral with all the acquisitions the last few years, I can understand! I'm sure it often starts out without that intent though :)

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        2. Crispin Heath‏ @crispinheath 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aral

          @aral in fairness I think $30m to a 17 year old is likely to turn his head. I think working at Yahoo is going to be an education

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @crispinheath

          @crispinheath More power to the 17 year old. I just don’t like the ‘build a free business to sell model’. Feels exploitative.

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        4. stephen‏ @Pongolife 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aral

          @aral show me a business that isn't exploitative.

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        2. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 26 Mar 2013
          Replying to @aral

          @aral (Ideally there wouldn’t be one, they’d be looking to build a long term business)

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        1. Nigel Ball‏ @NigelBall135 26 Mar 2013
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          @aral @stephenfry Already removed from the App Store. Sigh!

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        1. Doug‏ @dougaitken 26 Mar 2013
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          @aral I understand support paid services etc, but what a service is the best / really useful,and free?

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