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minus-squareFlipper@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up33·10 hours agoProbably because the creator had a blog post that got shared around at a point in time where this exact problem was resonating with users. It’s not always about being first but about marketing.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-24 hours ago It’s not always about being first but about marketing. And one has a cute catgirl mascot, the other a website that looks like a blockchain techbro startup. I’m even willing to bet the amount of people that set up Anubis just to get the cute splash screen isn’t insignificant.
Probably because the creator had a blog post that got shared around at a point in time where this exact problem was resonating with users.
It’s not always about being first but about marketing.
And one has a cute catgirl mascot, the other a website that looks like a blockchain techbro startup.
I’m even willing to bet the amount of people that set up Anubis just to get the cute splash screen isn’t insignificant.