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by tomredman 3411 days ago
People had the same arguments against Dropbox (just use rsync) and Buffer itself (just use a cronjob).
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This argument is inherently a fallacy. Sometimes ideas are inherently bad. (Also, you're an engineer at Buffer)
Yup I am. My point though is that that argument is largely underestimating the value delivered by these products. And the apparent lack of P/M fit for spreadsheets managing diversity at large companies.