Your apps are not free — from the DESK of van Schneider — Edition Nr.228
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Your apps are not free — from the DESK of van Schneider — Edition Nr.228
Consumers are waking up to the pitfalls of “free” including intrusive ads, the sale of personal data and poor product quality.
Eric Crowley • Is Consumer Subscription the Next Software Boom market?
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Quality software deserves your hard‑earned cash
Quality software from independent makers is like quality food from the farmer’s market. A jar of handmade organic jam is not the same as mass-produced corn syrup-laden jam from the supermarket.
Industrial fruit jam is filled with cheap ingredients and shelf stabilizers. Industrial software is filled... See more
In general, consumers don’t like paying for stuff, hence the multi-trillion-dollar success of having people “pay” with attention (advertisement) and data (privacy).
longform.asmartbear.com • A Smart Bear » Excuse me, is there a problem?
The greatest lie told to the public is that people make apps to sell data. Data has no value—you can buy a complete data set on the entire US population for under $10,000.
In reality, we actually do it to sell engagement. Attention is more valuable than a spreadsheet. And you… Show more
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Ponder this: “If it’s true that attention is the only scarcity we have in this world of abundance, how come you and I are giving our attention away for free?” – Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly • a16z Podcast: The Truth about 1000 True Fans + Pricing Our Attention | Andreessen Horowitz
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Accessibility — Ownership often sucks. You have to keep your things tidy, up-to-date, and in the case of digital material, backed up. And in this mobile world, you have to carry it along with you. Many people, me included, will be happy to have others tend our “possessions” by subscribing to them. We’ll pay Acme Digital Warehouse to serve us
... See moreFrench • Better Than Free
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