If nobody would pay for using email, what are the alternatives that can be used to make sure (mandatory) users of free email dont get the impression of a free lunch at the cost of OPM?
- Postulate that, users of free email should vote on ideas from WhyNot.org-style suggestions and be able to write feedback on what is their version of how they see it?
- Take product surveys from national and international brands and provide market data which Yahoo will sell to the companies to recover the cost of free email.
- Pass a series of visual tests designed to build brand awareness, product awareness, etc by proving I understood what capitalism is all about and how my free email is being paid for by OPM. For example, when shown the logo of BMW it must be able to be identifiable in multiple choice format whose logo it is.
This will educate the users rather than making them take Yahoo for a free ride by making them serve Yahoo first to continue receiving free email?
April 6th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
The masses enjoying the feeling of having something for free.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Yahoo’s free email is paid for by paying users (Mail Plus), and advertising. Yes people do click on the ads. Also, all free Yahoo emails have the Yahoo tagline, advertising Yahoo.
The users can continue to think they are getting a free ride, Yahoo has other ways to pay for them, mostly through advertising.