Internet Commerce
BlueBeetle’s Law: “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”
Powazek’s Rebuttal: “If you don’t know how a startup will make money, neither do they.”
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BlueBeetle’s Law: “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”
Powazek’s Rebuttal: “If you don’t know how a startup will make money, neither do they.”
Written by gerrycanavan
December 20, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Posted in Look at what I found on the Internet
Tagged with capitalism, startups, the dark side of the digital, the Internet
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Professor, is BlueBeetle’s Law an example of Canavan’s Razor?
R. B. Blair
December 22, 2012 at 1:56 am
Sure, why not! I think basically everything is, but here the connection seems clear: the behavior of free services appears irrational before you realize they want they want the membership for other reasons.
gerrycanavan
December 22, 2012 at 8:25 am