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Loom's user-centric design limits its ability to expand across enterprises

Pierre Touzeau · They Used ProductHunt to Make $60,000 for their New SaaS, 6,000 signups · Aug 7, 2022 · at 20:04

Claap co-founder Pierre Touzeau critiques competitor Loom's product architecture as Loom attempts to move upmarket.

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“I think like one way they build the product being like super just user centric has some limitation in actually like becoming a platform for the entire organization.”

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