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Pretty ironic, considering usually an argument for free websites over free desktop apps is that it's easier and less dangerous to try out a free website because
by Hexstream 18y ago
Pretty ironic, considering usually an argument for free websites over free desktop apps is that it's easier and less dangerous to try out a free website because you don't have to install anything.
- petercooper 18y agoQuite! Good point :) I think it taps in to old assumptions. "Software expensive, Web free." On 37signals Live yesterday David Heinemeier Hansson was talking about how people take recommendations more seriously when someone is a paying customer of something than just a free user. I think this sort of thinking ties in with software being perceived as more valuable and why Alkaline could, perhaps, get better buzz than the underlying service.
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