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by netsp 17y ago
Is it really necessary to hear a counterpoint? The debate has mostly been around whether or not it is a viable business model, not whether or not it is always the best business model.
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by netsp 17y ago
It depends on your definition of freemium & your definition of user, I suppose. The 95/5 is Chris Anderson's guess/recommendation, not mine. But I'm sure you can find examples at all ratios. I'll look at what I use. Both Weebly & Dr
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by netsp 17y ago
Your .org sounds like a possible .com
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by netsp 17y ago
Interesting Point: We lost the ability to effectively use CPC search marketing (google). When we had a free trial, it was easy to see which clicks were worth paying for. But with freemium, the conversion funnel was so long (average of near
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by netsp 17y ago
IMO, there are two big reasons for freemium. - To create a large community with network effects that increase the overall value. Here it's hard to charge anything at all, especially if you have any kind of competition. Once you have lots of
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by netsp 17y ago
Is it actually illegal or just a violation of their contact with dealerships? I understand that legacy agreements with dealerships are a contributor to The Failure as are (we keep hearing) legacy agreements with unions. But overall I think
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by netsp 17y ago
Release an OS that will send more people to the internet, where your (profitable) search engine is.
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by netsp 17y ago
A $0.99/month is almost as much of a problem. Most times that I hit NYT it's because of a link here or on a blog or someone emails it to me. That amounts to probably 1-2 per week. That disappears with a paywall.
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by netsp 17y ago
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/classmates_com_e...
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by netsp 17y ago
The problem is not the look of the site. At least I don't think it is. The problem is that is Mum checks facebook once a week, 19 year old daughter doesn't want to post drunk pictures of herself making stupid sexy faces at last night's part
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by netsp 17y ago
I disagree
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by netsp 17y ago
promise to be good?
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by netsp 17y ago
I agree partially. So long as the word means 'that thing VCs won't invest in,' it's demeaning. But lifestyle business is inherently demeaning. It implies a goal of cutting back on stress, hard work, long hours etc. A retirement business. A
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by netsp 17y ago
venture?
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by netsp 17y ago
I disagree. If that were the case prices would have gone down, not up. Since netbooks surfaced there has been feature creep and price creep.
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by netsp 17y ago
A Y Combinator for India might be something interesting.
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by netsp 17y ago
It still sounds pretty far removed. Release an OS that will drive traffic to your spreadsheet app that will drive traffic to your search engine where you can sell ads. *Gmail still doesn't really makes much money.
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by netsp 17y ago
On the same note, without Open Source, netbooks may never have gotten a start. Microsoft could have charged a prohibitive license fee to sell $350 laptops. They could have refused to continue XP. Windows 7 for netbooks would never have been
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by netsp 17y ago
The protection against that should be consumer choice.
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by netsp 17y ago
The problem is not just the license. It's also the hardware requirements.
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by netsp 17y ago
I assume that is the point. Users unable to differentiate Browser from OS.
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by netsp 17y ago
That is my point. For the theoretical $200 impulse buy EeePc, that $50 would have been a deal breaker. Armchair strategising would have led you to that conclusion. An OS that lowered costs by that much would have been an obvious choice. Tha
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by netsp 17y ago
And generalising that it will need to replace Windows. They are launching it as a netbook OS for a reason. Netbooks is a loose term. I'm not exactly sure what the line is, but one definition might be a small laptop that doesn't replace your
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by netsp 17y ago
I think at this point it's semantics. 'What do you mean broken?' I would classify your above comment as an explanation of how & why the model is problematic. I actually do agree that it's not the fee structure that's necessarily the pro
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by netsp 17y ago
For application developers, the web is the platform. ... Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop syste
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by netsp 17y ago
The time to do this was 2 years ago, when netbooks were desperately looking for an operating system. Now they have adapted themselves (slightly higher cost/specs) to Windows XP, and people are fairly comfortable with that. The market is est
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by netsp 17y ago
What exactly do you mean by value added? How do you think they should price their services? At least with VC's (as opposed to index funds or others) the cost of investing rises with the amount investing. They can't double their position in
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by netsp 17y ago
Back to the paypal/ebay vs Amazon, I think you're right. These are both really online commerce enablers. I would place my bets on Amazon coming through on top. They have a stronger history of innovating & consistent improvement over tim
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by netsp 17y ago
I would consider selling customer data closer to selling ads then to selling 'stuff.'
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by netsp 17y ago
That's not a fair comparison. You can't switch mid flight or mid cloud crash. But you can evaluate safety records every time you feel inclined and swap your airlines at some point. If GAE fails to live up to the better-then-DIY-on-average p

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