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Comment by coldtea | Hacker News Reader

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>I'm not sure why you think this just because they don't support Linux yet

He doesn't think it just because of that, this is just an example. That they had spread too thin with different products is a fact.

I got interested in them for mail, and I could undertand them having a few more things, but the constant expansion worries me too. Even worse if they amass a portfolio just to look nice to get sold and folded into some monstrocity like Google.

>They have a few core key products such as Mail, Calendar, Drive, VPN and Pass

Even those, do these sound as "few core key products"? Those are already a lot for a company like that (as you said, " they are a small team"). Especially when they keep adding other stuff too, like Notes now.

It's not a fact, it is your opinion and you should really learn the difference.

> To address your Proton Drive comment directly, they are a small team and they are rolling out Web, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac.

You said it was a small team for Proton Drive. I also feel they are prioritizing more products instead of investing in improving their current offering

And you should really learn some manners!

In any case:

1) They are a small team (some a little over 400 employees).

2) They have over 4 widely different products (web mail, vpn, cloud storage, password manager) - and now they're integrating Notes.

Those a hard facts.

Now, how does that employee count compare?

Fastmail has same number of employees to ONLY run a web mail offering.

Nord has 4 times the number of employees and has one less product category (vpm, cloud storage, and password manager but no web mail).

So, no: that they're spread too thin is a fact.

You have no idea, it is your opinion and employee counts don't mean anything there as you don't know what their org looks like or what their productivity looks like. You keep stating things as fact without any real knowledge. You have no real evidence to back up your claim of "fact" and I don't wish to argue with you. I hope you progress and learn how arrogant you are here with your claim of fact and change your attitude in the future and to give people the benefit of the doubt. Best of luck to you.

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