#indie • Aaron Parecki

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#indie

January 13, 2015

Today, ind.ie announced in a blog post (ind.ie/blog/focus/) that they will no longer be making a phone, and are dropping support for their Android and iOS social network clients, focusing instead only on the OS X version.

Below is a collection of some of the backlash following the announcement.

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554952948594536448

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554953047072190464

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554953239389802496

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554954021107433472

twitter.com/phuunet/status/554955278433939456

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554955978790424578

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554956375651270656

(context: @jaffathecake works at Google)

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554957755036213249

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554958284269314048

twitter.com/sil/status/554959697451954176

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554959854201487361

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554967346981650432

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554967759533395968

twitter.com/TimSeverien/status/554957577415835648

twitter.com/aral/status/554961565561417728

twitter.com/aral/status/554961709526687744

twitter.com/TimSeverien/status/554963100282404864

... silence from @aral

twitter.com/annevk/status/554964642091761664

twitter.com/jvhellemond/status/554973892255961088

twitter.com/jegtnes/status/554963892158623745

twitter.com/thijs/status/554962514103263233

twitter.com/martynkelly/status/555043951154319360

oh wait, here it comes...

twitter.com/aral/status/554962337036533760

twitter.com/matmuchrapna/status/554999718691229697

twitter.com/aral/status/555001910777118720

twitter.com/psionides/status/554988952391020545

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/555002500978589696

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/555002683602792448

twitter.com/matmuchrapna/status/555008632543543296

twitter.com/jegtnes/status/554964703311843328

twitter.com/twotribes/status/554960292019712000

twitter.com/thijs/status/554954025146523648

twitter.com/thijs/status/554965040013787136

twitter.com/StuRobson/status/554955063765262336

twitter.com/thijs/status/554956328733782016

...digging up an old thread...

twitter.com/thijs/status/531813416671780864

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/531815776081436672

twitter.com/thijs/status/531815929391632384

twitter.com/aral/status/531926966795272193

Back to today...

twitter.com/taotetek/status/555060192325693440

twitter.com/iainspad/status/554969060098969601

twitter.com/doclements/status/554961694896963584

twitter.com/tomcoates/status/555103941466537987

twitter.com/mdmcginn/status/555101646230138880

twitter.com/_builtbyjay/status/555047033263112192

twitter.com/stevegraham/status/555010822674849792

twitter.com/MarkDude/status/555301522142027776

tantek.com/2015/013/t1/names-ind-ie-indie-vc-not-indieweb

twitter.com/_shreve/status/554981030369968128

twitter.com/gerwitz/status/554936989930491904

twitter.com/rexxars/status/554973865362079744

twitter.com/jdub/status/554964625481936896

twitter.com/MarkDude/status/555105276278616065

At least they're offering to refund people with Android phones since there won't be Android support.

twitter.com/indie/status/554963385587367936

twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/554966708755386369

It's not all negative feedback, though, there has been some positive support for indie as well

twitter.com/MarkDude/status/555111722005323776

twitter.com/micrypt/status/555429010189336576

twitter.com/JanSBor/status/555089394638782464

twitter.com/gnomeuser/status/554975217303711744

Tue, Jan 13, 2015 10:30am -08:00 #indie #indieweb #indiewebcamp #collection

11 likes 11 reposts 3 replies 6 mentions
Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  @aral I will go update my post to say "disappointing" rather than "fun", which I can do because my replies are on my own website.
  
  Wed, Jan 14, 2015 4:14pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  @aral I'm sorry, "fun" was not the right word. I was just disappointed to see your reaction to the fallout from the announcement
  
  Wed, Jan 14, 2015 4:12pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aral Balkan ind.ie
  
  @aaronpk Disappointed to see this reaction from you, Aaron. A fun collection indeed. +@iainspad
  
  Wed, Jan 14, 2015 11:09am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
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- FrancoSolerio digitalia.fm/francosolerio
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  Mon, Jan 26, 2015 3:36pm -08:00
- Christophe Ducamp twitter.com/xtof_fr
  Christophe Ducamp favorited this.
  Thu, Jan 15, 2015 12:18am -08:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Brient Hess twitter.com/brienthess
  Brient Hess favorited this.
  Wed, Jan 14, 2015 12:31pm -08:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- danhon
  Bookmarks for January 13th from 15:32 to 19:28
  Wed, Jan 14, 2015 1:00am -08:00
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  @iainspad indie web is not the same as ind.ie: https://indiewebcamp.com/ind.ie#not-indieweb I also have a fun collection of other tweets: http://aaronparecki.com/collections/2015/01/13/1/indie
  
  Tue, Jan 13, 2015 1:17pm -08:00
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  @gigaom @superglaze I collected some of the Twitter discussion about ind.ie here: http://aaronparecki.com/collections/2015/01/13/1/indie
  
  Tue, Jan 13, 2015 12:58pm -08:00

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