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  1. 1 day and 16 hours ago, harvest (now owned by the private equity company #bendingspoons) sent a notice that the cost to use their service would rise from $184/year to $1,158/year (USD)

    a month ago, they disabled CSV export of invoice data, which i used to do my taxes

    they've replaced their customer support with LLM gaslighting

    i've replaced their service with a python script and a spreadsheet :blobcat_thisisfine:

  2. Now that #Meetup is going all in on dark patterns, with #BendingSpoons having rewritten its mobile app to cram people into extra groups and pitch them unnecessary paid subscriptions, I’m looking to move a 500+ person group off. What do others use for free social group event organizing?

  3. Bending Spoons acquisisce #airtable con un deal in contanti da 1,285 miliardi di dollari. L'operazione, che si concluderà entro fine 2026, rappresenta il primo passo post-IPO della società. #bendingspoons #tech

  4. Deleted my #komoot account today. I have not used it for some time and with #bendingspoons as the new owner... #byebye

  5. shorturl.at/ThEyn

    A $23 billion company with 1,000 employees that has never built a product you use. Bending Spoons just IPO'd. The machine behind it explains the extraction economy.

    #BendingSpoons #IPO #PrivateEquity

  6. 🚀 Oh, the tech world finally meets its savior – a company named after... kitchen utensils? 🍴 Bending Spoons, the grandiose puppet master behind the powerhouse duo of AOL and Vimeo, has graced the public market, leaving us all wondering if their #IPO will be as unforgettable as their name. 🤔
    techcrunch.com/2026/07/05/what #technews #BendingSpoons #innovation #startup #kitchenutensils #HackerNews #ngated

  7. Bending Spoons goes public, spotlighting its aggressive digital brand acquisition strategy

    📰 Original title: What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/bending-spoons

    #business #bendingspoons...

  8. @jerzone I used to like Komoot very much, but they sold out to #bendingspoons who fired almost all employees so not using it anymore, better explaind here:

    bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-g

  9. #BendingSpoons, an Italian #software company, is pricing its US #IPO at $26 to $28 per share, aiming to raise up to $1.62 billion and achieve a $19 billion valuation. The company, known for its aggressive #acquisitionstrategy, has seen rapid revenue growth and recently turned #profitable. This IPO is one of the largest by a European company this year and highlights the trend of European tech companies choosing US exchanges for their IPOs. thenextweb.com/news/bending-sp #tech #media #news

  10. War meetup.com schon immer so überladen mit Popups, flash deal etc oder ist das erst seit #bendingspoons übernommen hat?

  11. Das #FuckYou des Monats geht raus an #BendingSpoons, den Software Entwicklern des #KI Support Bots und ans Management und die Investoren, die #Komoot gegen die Wand gefahren haben. Und jetzt alle miteinander 🎵 youtube.com/watch?v=yFE6qQ3ySXE

  12. @kiki #BendingSpoons - die Heuschrecken der „netten“ Apps.

    Was immer die in ihre gicht-verkrümmten Krallen bekommen wird ausgesaugt und bis zur Unnutzbarkeit verstümmelt.

    #komoot erging es genau so.

    Und natürlich werden Mitarbeitende „dem Arbeitsmarkt zugeführt“.

  13. @finnmyrstad @pluralistic There is at least one company name to remember and run if they touch one of your products: bending spoons.
    There may be more vulture funds trashing our beloved tools, but has a master plan and acquires services with lots of users to maximise the damage.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bending_