On: Plane – Open-source Jira alternative

[dubcanada]

Why do people call things Jira alternatives that contain about 1/500th of the features? It's just a simple project management tool with a kanban board...

[windmark → dubcanada]

Because that’s that most people see Jira as. It’s easy to only use Jiras surface level features, like a Trello with a little more functionality, and not the more advanced ones.

[davnicwil → windmark]

yeah, marketing is all about using the simplest language to communicate truth relevant to the group you want to reach, not about communicating absolute truth to all comers.

[nickserv → davnicwil]

Marketing is not about truth, period. I prefer the older term for the occupation: advertising and propaganda.

[esafak → nickserv]

Marketing is not advertising. davnicwil had it right. Marketing is about positioning and explaining your product.

[zelphirkalt → dubcanada]

Usually not much more than the basic features are needed. The rest is mostly management feel good goodies.

[gonzo41 → dubcanada]

Because jira's advanced features kinda suck. They have a market lock because they have been able to own the space with first mover advantage and buy their competitors.

[bdcravens → dubcanada]

Pretty common. Everything I've seen presented as a "Notion alternative" is nothing more than a note taking app, "Airtable alternatives" only copy the data-in-rows UI, etc.