| > “Provide incentive for prospects to sign up for freemium but do not provide too much value so that free version of the product is enough.” That was a quote from another Quora answer. The article was my answer to a Quora. I found that quote corny and far from what a startup should be. It's not what I believe in. As someone else pointed in the comments, you're a power user. And you're annoyed by ads — but as mentioned in the article, some people prefer paying with time. And Spotify is okay with that. 2GB means is more than enough to change the word — a document can have only a few kilobytes and be the basis of the cure for cancer. Same for GitHub. What I'm advocating for is giving equality of opportunity and then capitalising on people only if they make money out of it. "Not amazing but still great" is the way to go for short-term. But too many people are stuck in the short term, even though they've met their basic needs. And what I'm saying is not limited to "poor people". I know a lot of rich people who like to start lean simply for the sake of seeing proof of concept. They have millions in their bank yet they ask their cofounder to chip in £5,000 on the idea. In this sense, they'd benefit from equality of opportunity given by services — once their idea is validated (maybe after 5 tries?), they'll bring their money and power. But they'll start with the lean version, if possible |