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SHOW HN2013

27points
8comments
#838of 1,739 in 2013
Top 49%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Privacy: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple to drop into an app

    From 1 comment
    • Seems very easy to just drop into your app. Although I'm worried about data usage. Doesn't streaming video use a lot of bandwidth?
      yefim on HN
  • Privacy stance of not aggregating user data for own purposes

    From 1 comment
    • Bonus points from me for not using aggregated data from users for your own purposes apart from with regards to the use of your own services. Most of the the other mobile…
      josephlord on HN

Objections

  • Continuous video streaming costs bandwidth and battery

    From 2 comments
    • Continuous video streaming in the background on a mobile device? Say goodbye to bandwidth and battery life! Regardless, myself and many other app developers will still use this…
      rjvir on HN
    • Seems very easy to just drop into your app. Although I'm worried about data usage. Doesn't streaming video use a lot of bandwidth?
      yefim on HN
  • Feels like invasive surveillance of users

    From 2 comments
    • Thought it was similar to Mixpanel, but then I watched the demos. You went full NSA! You never go full NSA. You're basically streaming a full screen recording of user's activity…
      nathancahill on HN
    • Bonus points from me for not using aggregated data from users for your own purposes apart from with regards to the use of your own services. Most of the the other mobile…
      josephlord on HN
  • Unclear whether users opt in; privacy link broken

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome concept. Couple of issues/questions: -The gray text is hard to read on my screen. It does make the black text stand out more, but it's at the expense of readability for…
      pulakm on HN
  • Gray text hard to read

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome concept. Couple of issues/questions: -The gray text is hard to read on my screen. It does make the black text stand out more, but it's at the expense of readability for…
      pulakm on HN

Requests

  • State that it is mobile-only on the page

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome concept. Couple of issues/questions: -The gray text is hard to read on my screen. It does make the black text stand out more, but it's at the expense of readability for…
      pulakm on HN
  • Opt-in or temporary recording mode

    From 1 comment
    • Bonus points from me for not using aggregated data from users for your own purposes apart from with regards to the use of your own services. Most of the the other mobile…
      josephlord on HN

Questions

  • Is it iOS or Android?

    From 1 comment
  • Is recording opt-in or opt-out?

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome concept. Couple of issues/questions: -The gray text is hard to read on my screen. It does make the black text stand out more, but it's at the expense of readability for…
      pulakm on HN

Alternatives named

  • Mixpanel

    From 1 comment
    • Thought it was similar to Mixpanel, but then I watched the demos. You went full NSA! You never go full NSA. You're basically streaming a full screen recording of user's activity…
      nathancahill on HN

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