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The most important way people are making money on the Net is on the model of the yellow pages or direct mail companies, by providing a service that you get for
by ronilan 14y ago
The most important way people are making money on the Net is on the model of the yellow pages or direct mail companies, by providing a service that you get for free and making others compete for placement.
- tantalor 14y ago"If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." - http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent#3256046 http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent#325604...
- joering2 14y agoSo in this case scenario, how is dropbox making money off me? Note I have one 1.9GB true crypted file that i host on drop box for years. please tell me, how am I being a product that is being sold?
- tantalor 14y agoI think ronilan point was that DropBox's type of business (where customers pay) will always be second tier to Facebook's type of business (where customers get it for free).
- prezjordan 14y ago"We scanned your documents and found you're a 25 year old man who really, REALLY likes self-help books about depression"
- ma2rten 14y agoI am getting tired of hearing that argument. That is a gross generalization, which is far from always true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win-win_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win-win_game
- prezjordan 14y agoIsn't this a quote from "The Filter Bubble"? [0] Fantastic read by the way, for anyone who is interested in (or terrified of) behavioral advertising. [0]: http://www.amazon.com/Filter-Bubble-Personalized-Changing-Think/dp/0143121235?ref=z5q-20 http://www.amazon.com/Filter-Bubble-Personalized-Changing-Th...
- tantalor 14y agoThe quote on Metafilter (August 2010) precedes The Filter Bubble (May 2011).