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> Well, what is the possible catch? I can't see it. It's obvious. The first exposure to something expensive is often free. Heroin. Women. Alcohol. All those th
by lutusp 13y ago
> Well, what is the possible catch? I can't see it.
It's obvious. The first exposure to something expensive is often free. Heroin. Women. Alcohol. All those things that end up costing much more than one can imagine at the outset.
It's a classic marketing strategy, and it works.
> My immediate guess is that they think the money isn't in selling the software itself but to have some sort of cloud-based subscription model ...
No, it will be more like Wolfram Alpha, a way to show what a product can do without providing the full experience.