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A business model that does not exploit users, ever. If you make it one where loss of trust leads to immediate loss of revenue and forces you to take the user s
by rufasterisco 2mo ago
A business model that does not exploit users, ever.
If you make it one where loss of trust leads to immediate loss of revenue and forces you to take the user side on all matters, well then all features are there to improve and maintain trust.
- kocial 2mo ago- Not sure how any social network can exploit users apart from filthy ads and spammy traffic. - But I think a platform like Twitter is already taking great initiative in that under Elon Musk.
- mr1337 2mo agoIf it's free, you are the product. Not saying it's not possible, it's just unlikely to happen, unfortunately.
- kocial 2mo agoYou just signed up to say that? Are you Elon Musk? Lol
- rufasterisco 2mo agoI would not know what that business model could be, it was a wish :) But open source thrives, is free, and we are not the product. In theory redirecting ads money towards users, could be a path, in practice it seems the economic value is not there.
- kocial 2mo ago- Redirecting ad money towards users is like asking users to be vulnerable to get paid.
- faangguyindia 2mo agoHuman greed has no limits; just because you pay for a product doesn't mean your data will not be sold and mined for additional profit, or that dark patterns and ads will not appear.
- kocial 2mo agoNo, I disagree. What I have seen is that - Acquiring users for the hefty discount has led the platform to think they can recover from future sales. - Assuming their buyers will consider them their long-term household shop. - While new business with a new discount bumps in and the fight begins. We all know fights are ugly.
- Garlef 2mo agoeven if it's not free the users will get monitized - netflix, windows, amazon, bmw, ...