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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by throw10920 on Monday March 28, 2022 @12:42PM (#30832446)
> Not just say they want. Not just say they'll pay for.

This is big - lots of people (on HN and other places) say that they'd pay "$x for y" but aren't actually willing to.

I feel like I saw a post that had some pretty good evidence of the disconnect between those two things but I can't find it.

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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by RC_ITR on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:24PM (#30833793)
It's the same problem as advertising.

Nobody thinks they're particularly susceptible to it, but everyone still somehow knows that Chipotle exists and serves burritos...

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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by tsss on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:46PM (#30834050)
That's a good example actually. I've never seen a Chipotle restaurant in my life but still know about them.
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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by zkldi on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:56PM (#30834852)
The MDN Plus release is probably the evidence you're thinking of.
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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by throw10920 on Monday March 28, 2022 @06:53PM (#30836581)
Yes, that was the one! Some good discussion in that thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30792365
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