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
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
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
Business model shapes outcomes. In a subscription based model, you build tools people use and pay for. In an ad-based model, you build engagement hacks.
As Tristan Harris put it:
“we've moved away from having a tools-based technology environment to an addiction and manipulation based technology environment. That's what's changed.”
Whatever your day job, you, me, all of us are working for the tech companies for no pay. Free stuff is not free. Give your data, give yourself.