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Got it, you're hesitant to share your name and email and you're not forced for that. Instead of joining the private beta, you can just wait until it's public.

Every project needs some early adopters. That's what I'm seeking here.



You seem to be deliberately missing the point. I'd cheerfully give you my contact info and be an early adopter, but all you have shown is the contents page of a whitepaper.

  Introduction 3
  Product Focus 3
  Productivity 3
  Redesign 3
  Security 5
  Privacy 6
  Search 7
  See it in action 7
  Market 8
  The Terrible Idea 8
  The Bloody Market 8
  The Fragile Giant 8
  The Opportunity 9
  The Audience 10
  Strategy 10
  Previous Strategy (Failure) 10
  Next Strategy 10
  Growth 11
  A. Search 11
  B. Privacy 11
  C. Request access 11
  D. Request access 11
  E. Security 11
  F. Request access 12
  Revenue 12
  Model 1. Request access 12
  Model 2. Request access 12
  Model 3. Request access 13
  Model 4. Delay 13
  Development Progress 13
  Team 13
  Venture Status 14
These are just buzzwords. In the time you've taken replying in this thread, you could have written three or four sentences summarizing what your product will do differently. If you care so much about my privacy and security, what exactly are you offering in return for my contact information?

It's like if I offer you Luxury, precision, style, value. NewThing is the product for high achievers who demand the best. Apply now for exclusive preview and priority access. I too can conjure up a list of desirable qualities and leverage FOMO. Make me a value proposition instead of trying to leverage my emotions alone.


I don't want your personal information, you're not in the audience I target, and that's ok.


So the audience you target is people who want a privacy-focused web browser, yet freely give their personal information to people who claim to not want their personal information?


That's some impressive circular logic. I guess this product must be really good looking since it's so hard to see.


Please don't pile on. You had a good original point to make but you didn't have to be so aggressive, and certainly you shouldn't have turned nasty, even if you don't agree with how someone is approaching their project.

I realize that you were trying to be helpful but this isn't helpful.




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