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that's a weird analogy... You'd have to pay for air because it's NECESSARY for you to live. Does any business NEED Twitter or Facebook to stay alive? Also, the
by herval 18y ago
that's a weird analogy... You'd have to pay for air because it's NECESSARY for you to live. Does any business NEED Twitter or Facebook to stay alive?
Also, there are many services which offer free and paid services. In that sense, no one should ever pay because there's a free version available...?
Bottomline: of course it matters. Although there's a really huge gap between 'saying you would pay for' something and actually commiting to that...
- jacquesm 18y agoyes, there is the necessity angle, that's true. But still, I think it holds for the most part, if you ask people if they would pay for a free service then that's absolutely content-free. Something like facebook or twitter needs to be free in order to succeed, just like air needs to be free for you to live. Asking if someone would pay for air, facebook or twitter is a meaningless question, if you need it and you can only get it by paying for it then that's what you'll do, but in the case of facebook or twitter a free alternative would spring up overnight and run with your userbase.
- herval 18y agoFacebook/twitter need to be free for COMMON users (the majority of them) - specific users with specific needs could (actually SHOULD - that's what most startups hope, at least) pay, for those are the ones PROFITING from a given service...
- josefresco 18y agoI can think of quite a few people, mostly women who probably think they need Facebook to stay alive.