http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/ Some stuff I just figured out Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/comment-page-1/#comment-20726 Will Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:21:19 +0000 http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/#comment-20726 Gotcha. That's a fair difference. In competitive markets, "free" becomes a necessity. NewsFire, another leading Mac RSS reader, also fell victim in that space, forced into becoming free after NetNewsWire set the bar for great readers at no-cost. Gotcha. That’s a fair difference. In competitive markets, “free” becomes a necessity. NewsFire, another leading Mac RSS reader, also fell victim in that space, forced into becoming free after NetNewsWire set the bar for great readers at no-cost.

]]> http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/comment-page-1/#comment-20724 Pito Salas Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:07:56 +0000 http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/#comment-20724 It's not different. BlogBridge needs to be free because it competes with other great products that are free. Google Reader is an excellent product, and it's free. Recently NetNewsWire which is an outstanding product, IMO, was 'forced' to be free. I would credit competition with BlogBridge but more likely it was competition with Google. Unlike BlogBridge, NetNewsWire comes from a fairly sizable company with venture investors and a significant burn rate. I don't know anything about their finances but I have to imagine that they are struggling with their business model. It’s not different. BlogBridge needs to be free because it competes with other great products that are free. Google Reader is an excellent product, and it’s free. Recently NetNewsWire which is an outstanding product, IMO, was ‘forced’ to be free. I would credit competition with BlogBridge but more likely it was competition with Google. Unlike BlogBridge, NetNewsWire comes from a fairly sizable company with venture investors and a significant burn rate. I don’t know anything about their finances but I have to imagine that they are struggling with their business model.

]]> http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/comment-page-1/#comment-20687 Will Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:26:49 +0000 http://www.salas.com/2008/03/03/beware-of-freeconomics/#comment-20687 How do you think the RSS reader market, both desktop and web, is different, given that you promote a totally free newsreader? Why is that an acceptable market for "freeconomics", whereas you say you agree that it's dangerous here? How do you think the RSS reader market, both desktop and web, is different, given that you promote a totally free newsreader? Why is that an acceptable market for “freeconomics”, whereas you say you agree that it’s dangerous here?

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