On: Show HN: Accounts, a simple address book for iOS

I downvoted you. If you're going to give uniformly negative feedback on something like this, I highly recommend taking another minute or two to make it constructive for the OP.

Regardless of the utility or lack thereof (perceived or otherwise), someone or some group of people spent a good deal of time building this product. Dismissing their efforts doesn't offer them anything, and makes them less likely to share their future creations.

a couple notes:

* I have no connection to the authors.

* The app looks really complicated (i.e. overwhelming).

* The value prop isn't clear to me.

* What's a suggested service addition? The language I see in the screenshots uses a lot of jargon.

* It concerns me, likely to the point that I'll never download it, that the app is free. Clearly, selling it will prevent it from ever getting traction. However, giving it away suggests that I (and my friends) are the product.

I see it as unattractive and, as I like the vanilla iOS address book as it is, unnecessary. There is no much else to say.

I am not dismissing anyone's efforts. I simply stated how I feel(about)/perceive the app.

I think that this: "I like the vanilla iOS address book as it is" makes a big difference on the tenor of the comment. Thanks for adding it.

Thanks David— I understand that the iOS address book is functional and that you're probably used to using it already.