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That's not "the whole point". You're missing the part where it's yet another proprietary walled garden designed to maximize profits. That's not really a great m
by streptomycin 14y ago
That's not "the whole point". You're missing the part where it's yet another proprietary walled garden designed to maximize profits. That's not really a great model for end users.
- brianwillis 14y agoThe way you maximise profits is by making your customers happy. Twitter's customers are advertisers, not users. App.net's customers and users are the same group of people.
- rythie 14y agoYou gain customers by making them happy, maximising profits often does the opposite, but you hope most won't leave as you make the service worse/more expensive.
- streptomycin 14y agoI know. All I'm saying is that's not the whole point. The walled garden is a fundamental aspect of both of those strategies, and in both cases the walled garden works against the best interests of the users.