... ethical line. I sometimes worry they can seriously damage a company s reputation. There are also other practices, such as: Fake purchase counters on websites Buying followers and likes Exploiting a brand s reputation Spreading misinformation Clicking on competitors Google ads to drain their budget And the list could go on. What do you consider dishonest marketing practices? Have you ever had personal experience with them? On the other hand, have you ever seen a marketing tactic and thought: That ... ... most subreddits just silently ate our posts. never pulled the trigger because it felt like the kind of shortcut that poisons everything downstream. unethical: astroturfing, fake reviews, engagement pods. anything where you're performing popularity instead of earning it. brilliant

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... makes pricing easier. Products from anonymous creators compete on price. Products from known practitioners with a track record compete on trust. That's a completely different conversation. Comment from Samir Asadov(@samir_asadov): For specialist/practitioner products this 'brand vs product' framing breaks down the product IS the brand statement. A financial model template built from real deal experience signals more credibility than a thousand brand posts ever could, because the buyer (a CFA with a deal on their desk) reads ... ... were only concerned w/ my wellbeing I'd do the same, but when I have others I'm responsible for, and they themselves have mouths to feed, I think differently about the long term effects of my brand vs

... sustainable. Dark Mode Isn't a Theme, It's a Philosophy Fifty-four IDE color schemes. Dracula, Nord, Tokyo Night, Catppuccin, Monokai Pro. Not because it's trendy, but because developers are viscerally attached to their environments. Switching from VSCode to a project management tool shouldn't feel like stepping into fluorescent-lit corporate purgatory. We obsess over details most PM tools ignore because those details are the difference between flow state and friction. Developers Aren't "Users" They ... ... creating surveillance culture. Public proposals clients can view and accept with one click. Dev workload heatmaps that show who's burning out and who has capacity before someone quits. Built by People Who Lived the Problem Twenty years watching brilliant

... willing to pay more in that situation). On the contrary, the monetisation model that I hate Adobe: they also charged me if I wanted to cancel my subscription. -------- Can you share with us which monetisation model you found brilliant? Comment from Bryce York(@bryce_york_ag): I'm with @aeromaniax in regards to the freemium model for most products. It allows you to use the product without the pressure of a dropdead trial end date. I've had too many ... ... Figma been acquired by Adobe? Because they had some agreement, and it would be a nightmare if Figma were to monetise the product this way. BTW, I think that Adobe products are not so good. :D I found better alternatives