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It is called a gold rush 2.0. The second .com bubble is about making tools for startup to be efficient and then advertise how much these business models are su

by julie1 12y ago

It is called a gold rush 2.0. The second .com bubble is about making tools for startup to be efficient and then advertise how much these business models are successful to attract more startup to make tools for startups. The same way during gold rush, the hardware reseller made the most money and were sending ads abouts the gold rush everywhere. This time, there is just no gold.

tlogan 12y ago
I do not know if this is about bubble. I think the cause for this is actually worse than a bubble - it is shift of consumer perception that everything on internet should be free. With exception of games - of course. However, there is also an opportunity here: as bubble bursts (or deflates) all these money losing (and free) B2C solutions provided by large companies might become neglected to the level that people will be willing to pay a little - just to get something working.
- zokier 12y ago
  > it is shift of consumer perception that everything on internet should be free. With exception of games - of course. I don't think games are exempt in this case considering the dominance of F2P games in the market.
- api 12y ago
  "as bubble bursts (or deflates) all these money losing (and free) B2C solutions provided by large companies might become neglected to the level that people will be willing to pay a little - just to get something working." We can hope. Right now these pseudo-free services are supported by surveillance. I wonder sometimes if that's a bit of a bubble, and if the value of user data and data mining of that sort of hugely overestimated. If that turns out to be the case, you'll see exactly that: these bait-and-spy services will be relegated to neglectware status and niches will open for quality alternatives.
antoniuschan99 12y ago
I like this comment. Do you have any links to articles on this theory?
- julie1 12y ago
  I checked; I remembered the wrong analogy: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pick-and-shovel-play.asp http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pick-and-shovel-play.asp I am talking of a pick and shovel scheme. I should be ashamed, but I am not :) It is still the rigt idea and something already heard of.
  - antoniuschan99 12y ago
    Very interesting. This is kind of like the bitcoin miner hardware sellers or marijuana grow equipment sellers.

by julie1 12y ago

tlogan 12y ago

I do not know if this is about bubble. I think the cause for this is actually worse than a bubble - it is shift of consumer perception that everything on internet should be free. With exception of games - of course. However, there is also an opportunity here: as bubble bursts (or deflates) all these money losing (and free) B2C solutions provided by large companies might become neglected to the level that people will be willing to pay a little - just to get something working.

zokier 12y ago
> it is shift of consumer perception that everything on internet should be free. With exception of games - of course. I don't think games are exempt in this case considering the dominance of F2P games in the market.
api 12y ago
"as bubble bursts (or deflates) all these money losing (and free) B2C solutions provided by large companies might become neglected to the level that people will be willing to pay a little - just to get something working." We can hope. Right now these pseudo-free services are supported by surveillance. I wonder sometimes if that's a bit of a bubble, and if the value of user data and data mining of that sort of hugely overestimated. If that turns out to be the case, you'll see exactly that: these bait-and-spy services will be relegated to neglectware status and niches will open for quality alternatives.

antoniuschan99 12y ago

I like this comment. Do you have any links to articles on this theory?

julie1 12y ago
I checked; I remembered the wrong analogy: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pick-and-shovel-play.asp http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pick-and-shovel-play.asp I am talking of a pick and shovel scheme. I should be ashamed, but I am not :) It is still the rigt idea and something already heard of.
- antoniuschan99 12y ago
  Very interesting. This is kind of like the bitcoin miner hardware sellers or marijuana grow equipment sellers.