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>> It seems like we should be able to measure whatever effect there was. Against what litmus test? All the players (Apple, Google, Intuit, etc) were blazing n
by blantonl 13y ago
>> It seems like we should be able to measure whatever effect there was.
Against what litmus test?
All the players (Apple, Google, Intuit, etc) were blazing new trails in a whole new economic model - and localized to an economy in the SV. That is why the whole scheme wasn't apparent at the time.
- dredmorbius 13y agoIt's not a new economic model, it's ephemeralization, advertising, Veblen goods, and especially disaggregation of previously existing models largely involving breaking down existing toll-collection interfaces in transactions of physical goods. And the scheme was apparent, to those who were paying attention. It simply wasn't being discussed in polite society.