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   Subject: cypherpunks Digest, Vol 20, Issue 36
   Time (GMT): Feb 26 2015 17:05:36
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   1. Re: Dollar Value of a Datamined "Free" Service User?
   (Ryan Carboni)
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   Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:18:51 -0800
   From: Ryan Carboni
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   Subject: Re: Dollar Value of a Datamined "Free" Service User?
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   The marginal cost of providing an additional account to the average
   user is
   pretty cheap. It is my understanding that the business models of most
   "cloud" companies is to provide a little free service to get users
   accustomed to their UIs, so that they would purchase a business license
   or
   equivalent.
   Dropbox does not make it's money through data mining or advertising.
   Correct me if I'm wrong.
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   Yes, you are right. Most companies give free services analogous to
   starters. They reel in the money by limiting some ascpect of the
   product and ask the end user to buy their premium services.

   I'm not sure about Dropbox's business model.

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