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I agree that there are risks involved with the freemium model, but I think there is still a lot more merit to those that use it. I think one interesting case s

I agree that there are risks involved with the freemium model, but I think there is still a lot more merit to those that use it. I think one interesting case study of the Freemium model is iPhone games. It seems to me that most people want more than 1 or 2 levels and are willing to play only after they get a chance to test if the game is actually fun.

potatolicious 18y ago
There's a difference between iPhone "shareware" games and freemium web businesses. After you beat the 1 or 2 levels on the iPhone game, the utility of those two levels drops of considerably... i.e. you can no longer derive much use replaying these levels. With most freemium websites, the free service is offered perpetually, and thus the utility of keeping the free stuff stays the same as the first time you used it.