[FKPXLS] The Illusions of Free-to-Play
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[FKPXLS] The Illusions of Free-to-Play
Another example of the legibility margin is online publishers. Take Facebook as an example. If I told you that you had to start paying $50/year to use Facebook, would you give it up?
Many people probably would, or they never would have joined in the first place. Yet, that’s how much Facebook earns from your account.
They make around $48.76 per year p... See more
Many people probably would, or they never would have joined in the first place. Yet, that’s how much Facebook earns from your account.
They make around $48.76 per year p... See more
taylorpearson.me • The Illegible Margin: Profiting From the Gap Between the Map and the Territory
Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism
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The vast majority of your users will be free. You can kinda monetize them with ads, but you are really only going to see a buck or two of revenue per month per user. The real money is found in the in-game digital purchases. These are the skins on Fortnite characters, an extra life in Candy crush, etc.