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They were also very right about one critical point: > without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this? Dropbox wa
by Kadin 4y ago
They were also very right about one critical point:
> without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
Dropbox was initially pitched as a free service, which was absolutely not sustainable, and someone would have been right to be very skeptical about the underlying business model. People might not have been quite as enthusiastic if they'd said from the beginning "oh, and it'll be $100/year for the rest of your life, or until you get your shit together and move your data elsewhere".
- gonehome 4y agoIt was generally an in good faith comment specifically about the application. The relevant bit to this is the “quite trivially” do X, Y, and Z non trivial thing. Technical people often underestimate the value of good UX, generally there’s a lot of demand for it. That’s also where a lot of the value is in making something good. He also acknowledges as much in his reply to Drew. In this case the “main benefit” of the flipper being ease of use, software, and hardware vs. some random components off of Ali express just reminds me of that.