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Not to derail this post, but commenting on the 'allure of free' is starting to get as tired as the allure of free.
by iamdave 19y ago
Not to derail this post, but commenting on the 'allure of free' is starting to get as tired as the allure of free.
- ericb 19y agoAgreed, except there was something else in this article that was interesting. The presence of a free alternative was alluring enough to prevent people from making a deal they normally would make, if only for the sake of keeping the "freeness." In theory, this royally screws up the idealogical basis of the freemium model. If the presence of the free option kept them from entering into any transaction with a cost, even if there was a clear benefit and the cost was low, that's a problem for freemium.