Image via CrunchBaseLouis Gray continues the debate: how important is it for a Web service to have a revenue model? One commenter on Louis’ blog expresses the concern some of us have.
“I’m a little nervous about investing a lot of time and effort in, or become reliant on, a product that has no business model – whether it’s FriendFeed or Twitter. Sure it has plenty of VC money, but who knows when they’ll pull the plug.”
Louis on the other hand isn’t quite as concerned.
I tend to be of the opinion that as consumers, we should use those products that give us the best experience, community or enable us to do things that no other sites do. I feel that it’s not typically our role to choose what sites are going to be successful and which ones are not.
Have you ever liked a product, but steered clear of it because you didn’t want to get attached in the event you might later have a costly breakup?
While I may not let a silly little thing like a real business model stop me from using or liking a service, it sure makes me happy to see services I like make money, and I’m happy to pay for it.
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Think about how many things in life you would have missed out on if you didn’t just take that little leap of faith.
Will services like twitter or friendfeed last? Who’s really to say? But shouldn’t we at least take advantage of these opportunities while they are presented to us?
Twitter could pull the plug tomorrow and all of us who use it would be bummed for a couple of days. Then we’d just move on and find something else. We would always be able to look back and say, “Hey remember Twitter?” “Yeah, that was cool.”
We’ll always have Paris.
Posted by Dave Redford | 14. Jan, 2009, 10:24 am