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> [Amjad Masad] initially doubled down, saying he was doing the right thing. Only as the whole thing escalated more, he back-paddled.

Folks should be allowed to change their mind. How is that a bad thing? Given more input / data, it only makes sense a rational person changes their opinion / outlook.

> Ever since, the way Replit represents itself (as the "revolutionary" new platform) is quite off-putting for me and I've stopped using/suggesting them.

For better or worse, they're going after the next wave of developers. Not you and I:

"Replit wants to build the future, and to build the future, you don't rebuild the old thing for the old customers. You build something new that starts out looking like a toy, and you build for the underserved, not just for moral reasons, but for strategic ones. It's disruptive innovation meets the compounding power of young users."

...

"For example, it means not targeting experienced developers to start, even though they're the more valuable users today. If they've already written their first line of code elsewhere, they definitionally can't write their first line of code in Replit."

https://archive.is/JC3Ux