The thesis behind Artifact was that there’s an opportunity for a better designed Flipboard or Apple News to be a hit but the reality is that rewriting headlines and a slightly better UX doesn’t make a news aggregator a must have app.
News is a commodity.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/18/why-artifact-from-instagrams-founders-failed-shut-down/
Dare Obasanjo /
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2024-01-19 11:34:57
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