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Re:How to Kill a Unicorn by thesuitonym on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:39AM (#26065937)
>To me, the more likely conclusion about these products is that they were better products, and that they created fundamentally different user interactions.

Maybe they are better products, I don't know, but how many people used it because it was free, then realized it was better? How many of those wouldn't have used it if they didn't have a free offering?

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Re:How to Kill a Unicorn by inthewoods on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:12AM (#26066386)
I'm not arguing that freeium doesn't help - I am arguing that freeium is not the only factor in the success of these companies and to say "freeium = unicorn killer" is an attribution mistake.
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