We are not here to make business out of it. So we shouldn't give much priority to the number of users that would be using our app at starting.
Instead I believe we should focus more on developing a wonderful product which can help us shift focus of users to open and free apps. The biggest challenge for us will be to change the trend. On 28-Apr-2016 8:10 PM, "Daniel Pocock" <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > > > On 28/04/16 16:36, Martin Klapetek wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro > > <mailto:dan...@pocock.pro>> wrote: > > > > On 28/04/16 14:16, Martin Klapetek wrote: > > > > > You might get surprised, because yes, crushing majority of facebook > > > users would rather stay connected with 350 friends on facebook than > > > be alone on a motorbike forever. You need to ask the ordinary > users, > > > not your IT friends circle. > > > > > > > This is where you need to think about it more deeply > > > > Look at Apple: they are happy to have 10% of users who absolutely > love > > them while the other 90% buy other products. Would they make a > change > > to their business model that might lose some of those people to try > and > > get bigger market share? I doubt it. > > > > Look at Jeremy Corbyn (Britain's new Labor party leader): like Apple, > > his message is constant. No monarchy, no nuclear weapons. People > > either agree with him or they don't but everybody knows where he > stands. > > He doesn't care about all the mainstream voters who are > uncomfortable > > with his views and maybe he won't ever be elected PM, but he sticks > to > > his values. > > > > We need to take the same approach as Apple and Corbyn: prioritize our > > values. Serve our biggest supporters as well as we can instead of > > losing sleep over everybody and everything. > > > > > > These analogies are flawed, however. Apples and oranges. > > > > Apple is a for-profit company and even that 10% of the marketshare > > is enough for it to still be the highest valued company in the world. > > Btw now they reported losses after longlong time. Yes, I'm pretty > > sure there will be business model adjustment. Make no mistake, > > profit is the number one priority for Apple. > > > > But you need to look into our own field - OpenOffice, Calligra Office, > > MeeGo, Mozilla is getting rid of Thunderbird and FirefoxOS, ICQ, > > MySpace, and so many more are left behind because they couldn't > > stay relevant today. Even BlackBerry is a sinking ship these days, > > despite their strong values of privacy. > > > > Yes, we should keep our values up high and always in front, but at > > the same time we need to understand our target users as well as the > > "business landscape" and make sure we're ahead. Otherwise we'll > > get left behind in our world of ideals and illusions. > > > > > Without our ideals, we would end up being indistinguishable from the > millions of "free" apps that people can download from Google Play > _______________________________________________ > telepathy mailing list > telepathy@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/telepathy >
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