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"But it breaks the financial model of running targeted ads so it won't work." By "it", do you mean the software won't work? What if someone wrote the software
by textmode 8y ago
"But it breaks the financial model of running targeted ads so it won't work."
By "it", do you mean the software won't work?
What if someone wrote the software to do this, it worked and he distributed it for free?
To the entrepreneur, this perhaps is not interesting.
Is it interesting to the user?
- goatherders 8y agoI mean that targeting ads comes from harvesting lots of info. If the only thing the data shows is a single relationship then it is an order of magnitude lesser than if you are pulling data from hundreds of relationships.
- textmode 8y agoCould this property be of interest to the user that wants communications free from advertising, e.g., if she understands that the "social network" architecture created by the users of the software is such that there is no incentive for ads. For example, if the software allows users to create many small groups all communicating separately, peer-to-peer, not aggregated into the same "network" via an enormous third party website.
- collyw 8y agoThe beauty of capitalism. You only get the stuff built that makes someone money, not the stuff that is genuinely useful. (Obviously there will be some overlap, but "most useful to the consumer" isn't always going to line up with "makes most money for the company").
- textmode 8y agoWhat if the "stuff" already exists? What if economics had no bearing on its creation?