Post #3307498
2026-06-04 14:08 UTC
Build a product -> make it free or very affordable -> create dependency -> collect user data to improve product resulting in more dependency -> create a near market monopoly if possible -> make it paid only or make the free version a lot worse so users have to pay -> cross fingers that no alternative emerges or just buy it and shut it down if you can.
Always the same pattern.
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@hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2026-06-06 03:53
Always the same pattern. not sure who is worse, the users. who enable this stupidity, Fool me once… or the developers who deny it will happen . For my use case on my bike, a Nokia XR20. phone in a DIY case with a Quad lock mount to show maps and record rides. My normal phone for recording hikes etc