“ The culture of free, seductive as it is, is destructive to everyone involved. Everyone is undercutting everyone, until nobody is making a profit. At best, the winner is the group that can survive off of (usually meager) ad revenues.
Matt Maroon: Bubble 2.0 (via marco)
My fear is the destruction of software innovation as I’ve written about before. (via kyleshank)
The important place for innovation in an increasingly ad-driven web is in increasing the signal-to-noise ratio. I think services that bring in direct revenues are the ideal but the second-best are those services that use advertising and markets to enhance experiences rather than exploit members.
