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The specific example was selling at a loss in poor countries because you need more people using your software to bolster the network effect. This makes no sense
by mikeash 7y ago
The specific example was selling at a loss in poor countries because you need more people using your software to bolster the network effect. This makes no sense: each copy sold in a poor country at a low price is still making you money, it just isn't making as much money as the copies you sell at a higher price.
This isn't pedantry, this is discussing the actual topic of the conversation.
- lsaferite 7y agoBut it is pedantry because the person you were having a conversation with was using imprecise terminology and you were disagreeing with the words as written instead of the words as intended. Fine, they used the wrong words. Their meaning was clear. I think having the conversation is good as long as we can extend a little leeway to people that don't always have the correct terminology for a particular discussion.