AI company prohibits use of AI for software development and internal reports: “We can’t really trust the outputs”
Electric car company refuses to install charging stations in employee parking lot, CEO claims e-vehicles “aren’t really a good long-term investment anyway”
Founder of meat alternative company states product “honestly doesn’t taste that good,” pivots to factory farming
Hopefully none of those end up being (or already were) real headlines. But seriously, I wonder if this will cause a decline in the quality of the product Zoom puts out. If they don’t buy into the vision of remote work, are they really going to design the best tools for remote working?
Zoom has a product. I hate it, but others like it. They thus have a niche consumer group that sees past their flaws and still likes their product. Microsoft js giving away teams with office 365. Which means people are literally paying for a product they don’t need, because like like it so much.
You don’t have to innovate much, you already have consumers that will still buy your product. Just wrap your shitty updates and security patches with a pretty bow and you’ll be fine.
Even in a conventional office environment video conferencing tools are still useful for company wide webinars or meeting with people in separate offices/locations.
Fair point. But I do wonder if you end up with different products if you approach it from the standpoint of remote work vs hosting webinars vs inter-office communication.
Could you imagine…
AI company prohibits use of AI for software development and internal reports: “We can’t really trust the outputs”
Electric car company refuses to install charging stations in employee parking lot, CEO claims e-vehicles “aren’t really a good long-term investment anyway”
Founder of meat alternative company states product “honestly doesn’t taste that good,” pivots to factory farming
Hopefully none of those end up being (or already were) real headlines. But seriously, I wonder if this will cause a decline in the quality of the product Zoom puts out. If they don’t buy into the vision of remote work, are they really going to design the best tools for remote working?
Feels like the same falacy that Skype had.
Zoom has a product. I hate it, but others like it. They thus have a niche consumer group that sees past their flaws and still likes their product. Microsoft js giving away teams with office 365. Which means people are literally paying for a product they don’t need, because like like it so much.
You don’t have to innovate much, you already have consumers that will still buy your product. Just wrap your shitty updates and security patches with a pretty bow and you’ll be fine.
Even in a conventional office environment video conferencing tools are still useful for company wide webinars or meeting with people in separate offices/locations.
Fair point. But I do wonder if you end up with different products if you approach it from the standpoint of remote work vs hosting webinars vs inter-office communication.