Comments on: Progress towards the mobile web and away from apps http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mbk75 (Muhammad Khan) http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6258 mbk75 (Muhammad Khan) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:32:51 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6258 Progress towards the mobile web and away from apps | The Equity Kicker http://tinyurl.com/ye7k5le Progress towards the mobile web and away from apps | The Equity Kicker http://tinyurl.com/ye7k5le

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6296 brisbourne Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:04:13 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6296 ;-) ;-)

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6295 David Semeria Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:53:39 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6295 Partly to stress test your Disqus nesting, but mainly because this topic absorbs me, I'll just add that (similar to many real world situations) the price of a service/content should not really be a function of its distribution cost, but more a function of the distributor's acceptable return on capital. Partly to stress test your Disqus nesting, but mainly because this topic absorbs me, I'll just add that (similar to many real world situations) the price of a service/content should not really be a function of its distribution cost, but more a function of the distributor's acceptable return on capital.

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6294 brisbourne Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:52:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6294 I agree. I agree.

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6293 David Semeria Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:22:31 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6293 Bravo. The very crux of the argument. Since it's so painless to distribute your wares for free on the web, the temptation is very much to do so.<br><br>FWIW, I think the market price for digital content will fall progressively until it's just above the opportunity cost (read: hassle) of copying it manually (bit torrent, copy/paste, etc). Bravo. The very crux of the argument. Since it's so painless to distribute your wares for free on the web, the temptation is very much to do so.

FWIW, I think the market price for digital content will fall progressively until it's just above the opportunity cost (read: hassle) of copying it manually (bit torrent, copy/paste, etc).

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6292 brisbourne Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:08:05 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6292 One factor we haven't talked about here is the cost of supporting the free users. The argument looks very different depending on how close to $0 it is. One factor we haven't talked about here is the cost of supporting the free users. The argument looks very different depending on how close to $0 it is.

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6291 David Semeria Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:03:48 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6291 There's a key difference between letting people *try* products for free (which is clearly a great idea) and letting them use them *regularly* for free (not so smart). There's a key difference between letting people *try* products for free (which is clearly a great idea) and letting them use them *regularly* for free (not so smart).

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6255 brisbourne Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:04:13 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6255 ;-) ;-)

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6254 David Semeria Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:53:39 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6254 Partly to stress test your Disqus nesting, but mainly because this topic absorbs me, I'll just add that (similar to many real world situations) the price of a service/content should not really be a function of its distribution cost, but more a function of the distributor's acceptable return on capital. Partly to stress test your Disqus nesting, but mainly because this topic absorbs me, I'll just add that (similar to many real world situations) the price of a service/content should not really be a function of its distribution cost, but more a function of the distributor's acceptable return on capital.

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6253 brisbourne Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/12/18/progress-towards-the-mobile-web-and-away-from-apps/#comment-6253 I agree. I agree.

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