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> The thing that annoys me is the standard operating procedure in tech is to offer stuff for free until a bunch of people depend on it and then to start chargin
by akira2501 7y ago
> The thing that annoys me is the standard operating procedure in tech is to offer stuff for free until a bunch of people depend on it and then to start charging as much as you possibly can [...]
Maybe someone more knowledgeable can help me.. but from a laymans point of view, how is this different from the practice of "dumping?" Shouldn't the FTC be more active in protecting markets from this type of strategy?
- ttul 7y agoIt’s not anticompetitive to offer a freemium product, unless your market position is so powerful (Microsoft vs Netscape late 1990s) that competitors cannot also afford the same giveaway.
- alharith 7y agoWith the consolidation of resources into Big Tech, this is quickly becoming the reality across all domains. I imagine that they will always keep cloud computing costs juuuust low enough to have plausible deniability in a court case, but still.