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Re:Scribd Raises $22M for Its Subscription E-Book Service by ryanmickle on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:03PM (#8827748)
Might you have said the same thing about YouTube?
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Re:Scribd Raises $22M for Its Subscription E-Book Service by lancewiggs on Friday January 02, 2015 @02:50PM (#8828179)
YouTube made it easier to upload and watch short videos. Much easier. Scribd is an automatic Close-Tab for me. A usability nightmare.

I don't want to subscribe to Amazon's service, and have very little expectations for Scribd.

I'm amazed that the investors doubled down on such a poor end user experience, but I guess they are seeing good paying customer growth. Paying customers growth will fade away unless the end user experience is fixed.

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Re:Scribd Raises $22M for Its Subscription E-Book Service by jacquesm on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:14PM (#8828285)
> I'm amazed that the investors doubled down on such a poor end user experience

Sunk cost fallacy.

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