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Not quite ironic, but interesting: IIRC from Founders at Work, mobile payments was PayPal's first focus - it was only when that didn't really pan out that they
by kgrin 15y ago
Not quite ironic, but interesting: IIRC from Founders at Work, mobile payments was PayPal's first focus - it was only when that didn't really pan out that they said "hey, maybe web payments can be a thing too!" Fun to see it come around full circle...
- wmf 15y agoThat's why "this has failed before" isn't a good heuristic; a lot of ideas that failed in previous decades are now viable due to changes in technology or society.