Why WeTransfer co-founder is building another file transfer service | TechCrunch

"Bending Spoons doesn't really care about people, and even though I get that it is their private equity strategy, I notice that since I left [WeTransfer] in 2019, there were a lot of updates that were basically killing the product, in my point of view,"

"Why do tech companies always make things so complicated? I've always struggled with this, and I just wanted to offer another tool that is just, it's all about user experience, it's ease of use, it's the simplicity of sharing something quickly, and that just saves time. You don't need to sign up, you don't need to verify via email,"

"For casual users, the non-login experience would be sufficient, but it has its limits. You can have 1GB of total space, and upload files of up to 1GB in size with a seven-day expiration. If you want a bit more, you can choose to create a free account. That will get you 3GB of total space with a file upload limit of 3GB per file. You'll asl get access to your upload history, the ability to add and delete files anytime, and the ability to customize emojis on the page while sending t"

Nalden co-founded WeTransfer in 2009 with Rinke Visser and Bas Beerens and left the company in 2019. Bending Spoons acquired WeTransfer last year and implemented product changes, confusing transfer link experiences, mass layoffs, and a controversy over using user content to train AI models. Nalden criticized Bending Spoons for prioritizing private equity strategy over people and for updates that he believes harmed the product. Nalden launched Boomerang as a simpler alternative focused on ease of use and no-login transfers. Boomerang offers 1GB non-login transfers with seven-day expiration and optional free accounts with 3GB storage and larger upload limits.

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