3 years ago, me and my co-founder were trying to build a marketplace for teams raising money on Kickstarter to find manufacturers in Schengen(China. We had little initial success but our vision was to build something similar to Alloy.
It is humbling to see it happening. If you guys need someone to expand you in Asia or other places globally then I would love to join you full time or part time.
I studied hardware manufacturing and loopholes while building our startup in 2015, I know you guys are doing something important.
Whatever you do just make sure you are not sabotaging something under under false notion. Along with your career there are other stakes but do it if you are completely assured.
I can't imagine myself at their position so all I can give my honest opinion not judgement. What I am saying is that they should have suspected that. It is not my fully informed opinion and it can't be. And I can fully understand your point too. That's pretty much it.
Aereo is not violating anything but they should have prepared for something like this. Absurdity is common when you are trying to provide similar service to the consumer in a better way without creating monopoly.
It is humbling to see it happening. If you guys need someone to expand you in Asia or other places globally then I would love to join you full time or part time.
I studied hardware manufacturing and loopholes while building our startup in 2015, I know you guys are doing something important.
Apoorv