I always get an uneasy feeling when I think about this. It’s like I know we’ll point to this later as the clear-cut sign that something was going wrong.
The most profitable business model is no longer “sell to consumers who can afford it.” Sure, freemium is great for the people who can’t afford it, but it reminds me of a feel-good news story about a kid that sold lemonade to raise money for their own cancer treatment. Immediate consequences are good. Actual implications are horrifying.
Indeed. We've been told that the current economic system is providing better access for all, but when we point out specific cases when that is not the case we're then told it's providing better quality to fewer people as if that's what we were originally promised.
The most profitable business model is no longer “sell to consumers who can afford it.” Sure, freemium is great for the people who can’t afford it, but it reminds me of a feel-good news story about a kid that sold lemonade to raise money for their own cancer treatment. Immediate consequences are good. Actual implications are horrifying.