Goodbye @Diigo You Ain't for Me Anymore!
Miguel Guhlin,
Around the Corner,
Sept 10, 2010
As the venture capitalists begin to press for returns on their Web 2.0 investments, we're beginning to see a shift in the way those nice free online applications behave. Take Diigo, for example. As Jeffrey Thomas explains, "Unfortunately, as I was bookmarking today, I noticed the Diigo capture option was grayed out! I started fiddling around and found out that it is now a premium feature! (Diigo Releases Premium Accounts ) I really liked the capture feature and now it's gone! Great-another one bites the dust!... What I don't like it this bait and switch technique-remember Ning?- that seems to be going on. At this point, I don't trust any free applications." The thing with premium isn't simply that you have to pay money - though there is that. It's that, because more and more things are costing money, you have to pick and choose and consolidate on a few applications, because you can't afford to use dozens like you used to. That may be good for vendors, but it's bad news for consumers.
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