the best marketing i've seen this year is a company that doesn't post
just ships, lets users screenshot, and those screenshots are everywhere
@Superwall figured this out
not all 8k apps posting about it - just one screenshot in every indie dev's feed
deepstash charges $99/yr and users are reporting being billed after canceling 💀
a simpler version at $20/yr would eat their lunch
reddit lOVES cheaper alternatives for everything
first 100 users are already there waiting
everyone: why does it cost so much, it's just a logo.
designers: 3 weeks of research and design, 40 rejected directions, and one mark that has to represent this company for the next 10 years.
duolingo users are begging for someone to clone the 2018 version 💀
people with 1000+ day streaks are deleting their accounts
over an owl that texts them in spanish about their dead grandma
we're so back to make the old thing great again as a business model
Duolingo has 5.2M ratings, 19% are negative 🫠
that's almost 1M people telling you EXACTLY what to build:
> energy system punishes you for learning more
> sudden lesson resets nuke multi-year streaks
> AI generated content is full of weird phrases
> notifications designed to manipulate not teach
> impossible to cancel the subscription
every complaint is a feature for someone else's app
Duolingo has 5.2M ratings, 19% are negative 🫠
that's almost 1M people telling you EXACTLY what to build:
> energy system punishes you for learning more
> sudden lesson resets nuke multi-year streaks
> AI generated content is full of weird phrases
> notifications designed to manipulate not teach
> impossible to cancel the subscription
every complaint is a feature for someone else's app
a man died at 43 and his wife can't find the family's money
he had every password, every login, every account, all in his head
now she's fighting banks just to learn what they even owned
330 people in the replies: "same, i had no idea where anything was"
a tool exists, it's $250/yr and the trial doesn't even sync
demand is screaming and the only option is bad and overpriced
perfect oppurtinity