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They should start begging for money, Wikipedia style. I'd happily pay $50-$100 a year for a service I use for like 10 hours a day (I already pay di.fm something
by flyinglizard 9y ago
They should start begging for money, Wikipedia style. I'd happily pay $50-$100 a year for a service I use for like 10 hours a day (I already pay di.fm something like that).
- nemo44x 9y agoThat's how charities, not businesses work.
- almost_usual 9y agoEvery time a company raises a round of investment they're begging for money.
- flyinglizard 9y agoIt's a long standing model in the software world (freemiums, sharewares, etc). I suspect SoundCloud demographics won't withstand a mandatory subscription.
- nemo44x 9y agoRight, but I was taking that from the CEO of MySQL. In a presentation (after they were sold) he mentioned that he once got a donation from Craig's List for $15,000.00 since they were big users of MySQL. It was at that point he realized the problem with their open source business model.