how can you make money if it’s free?
7 comments March 28th, 2008
wired magazine tells you this new movement of “freeconomics” all goes back to mr. gillette.
it’s a long article, but here is the message in a nutshell:
It’s now clear that practically everything Web technology touches starts down the path to gratis, at least as far as we consumers are concerned. Storage now joins bandwidth (YouTube: free) and processing power (Google: free) in the race to the bottom. Basic economics tells us that in a competitive market, price falls to the marginal cost. There’s never been a more competitive market than the Internet, and every day the marginal cost of digital information comes closer to nothing.
yes, this is why your dvd player costs $29 instead of $290. and why media companies don’t charge for some of their publications.
