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Social media is a tricky one because it's got such a bus factor wrt. usage, however I'm pleasantly surprised at the abundance of products coming out where you (
by alexh1 6y ago
Social media is a tricky one because it's got such a bus factor wrt. usage, however I'm pleasantly surprised at the abundance of products coming out where you (your data, that is) are _not_ the product.
Analytics - Fathom (https://usefathom.com https://usefathom.com), Plausible (https://plausible.io https://plausible.io)
Project Management - Portabella (https://portabella.io https://portabella.io) (disclaimer: I'm behind this one)
Chat - Signal (https://signal.org/en/ https://signal.org/en/), Matrix (https://matrix.org/ https://matrix.org/)
I could absolutely go on and on, because I see new privacy focused products popping up in all sorts of industries every day.
The key is that these services are usually paid, which offsets the need for your data becoming the product.
More and more these days I have less trust in free lunches
- nwienert 6y agoBus factor related to usage? Am I thinking of the wrong bus factor?
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y agoI think business factor (eg collecting day for advertising), but that's just a guess.
- alex_portabella 6y agoMy bad, what I meant was "so reliant on others using it"
- muskox2 6y agoYou're thinking of "network effect"
- nathias 6y agoI'm sure you can pay and still be the product.
- CivBase 6y agoCable TV has gotten away with it for decades with outstanding success.