Post Azl7impfiCRJEgXxWy by ernie@writing.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #Azl7impfiCRJEgXxWy by ernie@writing.exchange
       2025-10-31T01:21:15Z
       
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       With the new Affinity, Canva found a way to neutralize the power user. The reason? Canva thinks it can make more money from regular users.https://tedium.co/2025/10/30/canva-affinity-free-loss-leader-strategy/new @tedium
       
 (DIR) Post #Azl7inl6GgNQ6nPp2m by ernie@writing.exchange
       2025-10-31T01:21:54Z
       
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       “Canva just flipped 40 years of design-business logic on its head, and if they pull this off, they look like geniuses. If they don’t, hopefully Affinity doesn’t get lost in the shuffle.”https://tedium.co/2025/10/30/canva-affinity-free-loss-leader-strategy/
       
 (DIR) Post #Azl7ioeOx4c2sJHzF2 by mcc@mastodon.social
       2025-10-31T04:53:19Z
       
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       @ernie o think the problem in this reasoning is it assumes the non power users you want to make money from (not a bad idea) want AO, but then the post itself later admits it's investors who want AI.Experience suggests to me that a product which makes investors happy without making objective economic sense is a product with a ticking death clock.
       
 (DIR) Post #Azl7ipQc3pB3HpqUO8 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-10-31T05:58:43Z
       
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       @mcc> it assumes the non power users you want to make money from (not a bad idea) want AO, but then the post itself later admits it's investors who want AI"AI" is the new micropayments, DRM, crypto, VR, etc. The latest in a long line of white elephant technologies that everyone hates, except the techbro and VC extractors who think they'll make money from it.Spoilers: most of them are won't, because every product based on #MOLE Training will eventually bomb spectacularly. @ernie