Even more problematic is funding. How do you fund a startup that a priori can not charge the user?
... how do you compete with free? Suppose someone has a great idea for improving web mail. Entering the market is really difficult. ... Not that long ago the concept of better and cheaper allowed startups to make the bet. But now that cheaper has been replaced with free, that axis is shut out.
One might argue that we're now living in an ads-only monetization world, which of course we are, but things are not that simple. First, how many startups are actually making money on ads?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Freeconomics
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