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People have been conditioned to see software and even online services as something that should be "free." That's what I'm referring to. It's obviously a bigger
by api 3y ago
People have been conditioned to see software and even online services as something that should be "free." That's what I'm referring to.
It's obviously a bigger issue for B2C than B2B.
If everything has to be "free" then it becomes impossible to create sophisticated software or run any kind of service without finding some scuzzy way to double-dip and sell out your users. There is no viable business model that aligns the producer with the customer.
- nologic01 3y agoYes, that is alas a prevailing mindset in consumer behavior. But it is indeed a case of "conditioning" which requires authorities to offer tacit approval for these freebies. Do you remember, e.g., how India snubbed facebook's "free basics" plan? > it becomes impossible to create sophisticated software or run any kind of service This. While monetizing user behavior is very valuable there is a ceiling to it. It can't make up for the huge potential value of all the things one can possibly build. At some point we might be forced to conclude that surveillance capitalism makes no long-term economic sense. It is either a bubble or actually a political choice to sacrifice a real digital economy in favor of control.