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by talawahdotnet 2718 days ago
It makes sense in terms of feeling out the market as well. If this version of the service takes off it validates the decision to proceed with a more complex/scalable version and it gives them more customer feedback. Standard MVP best practices.

The downside is that a lot of their products lack polish which sucks. On the flip side even when they are launched with minimal features, they do tend to be reliable, durable and secure, which is important when it comes to data related services.