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Services are not offered for free at all.
“There is an exchange of value between users, the creators of the raw material – data, content, and meta-data, and the network where that data is converted into insight. This exchange is still governed by the basic laws of economics but the currency is not dollars, it’s attention.“
Google is the poster child of FREE.
“It’s one of the most profitable companies in America, but it doesn’t show up on your credit-card statement.”
“The marketplace wants free. Consumers want free, and if you decide to set up a subscription service, then your competitor will make a free one.”
Michael Masnick on Chris Anderson’s FREE
Mike Masnick (of TechDirt) on Chris Anderson’s FREE
Malcolm Gladwell tries to debunk Chris Anderson’s FREE.
But Malcolm Gladwell fails to convince me, because I sense that he gets his facts wrong.
… But the Wall Street Journal has found that more than a million subscribers are quite happy to pay for the privilege of reading online. …
… Apple may soon make more money selling iPhone downloads (ideas) than it does from [...]
Chris Anderson got it wrong?
Did he confuse WordPress.com and WordPress.org in his new book, FREE?
If that’s the case (which I doubt), that would be a stain on his so-far impeccable reputation.
UPDATE: He acknowledges the errors. Due to technicalities.
Chris “Free” Anderson sucking up to WSJ’s Alan Murray?
What Chris Anderson said at the Wired conference bears resemblance to what Alan Murray said in April:
1. The best model is a mix of free and paid;
2. You can’t charge for an exclusive that will be repeated elsewhere;
3. Don’t charge for the most popular content on your site;
4. Content behind a pay wall should appeal [...]
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