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I'm really tired of every single company going through some abusive scam or data harvesting scheme to avoid simply charging me money.
by freeone3000 6y ago
I'm really tired of every single company going through some abusive scam or data harvesting scheme to avoid simply charging me money.
- godelski 6y agoIsn't this because most users have decided that charging money is a death sentence? Hell, there's a HN article on this like every month.
- skinkestek 6y agoSomeone should always take the time to point out to such threads that WhatsApp was running very profitable based on that model without eveb trying. Also feel free to read anything by the Basecamp guys (yep, the guys behind Rails). It won't get you or the investors (another) yacht, but there exist a number of companies that delight their customers and change history far more than many attempted unicorns.
- xorcist 6y agoYet somehow the Wikipedia project has managed to stay afloat during all these years... I'm pretty sure more than one WikiCoin has been pitched too.