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It serves the company's need to insert itself into the financial data stream. You know the story: "It's a $2 trillion industry - imagine if we just captured a f
by jkestner 12y ago
It serves the company's need to insert itself into the financial data stream. You know the story: "It's a $2 trillion industry - imagine if we just captured a fraction of that! Step 3: profit."
For users, this must be some retro fad jumping the gun. Given the value of the transaction data going through this thing, it should be free at worst.
- jarin 12y agoI think it's safe to say they're charging for it because they haven't raised the money to develop and manufacture the thing.
- deet 12y agoYeah, there's potential to use a device like this to build a service like Simple or Moven but without the need to force users to open a new account with you just to get the necessary data. They even showed the instant feedback alerts in the demo video.