Bad News For Yahoo! Auctions May Be Bad News For Napster
from the not-looking-good dept
And weren't we just saying that people pay are willing to pay for content? Maybe not. Someone counting up the number of auctions on Yahoo! Auctions noticed that listings have dropped by 90% since they instituted a fee. This is much greater than was expected. This article suggests this is a bad omen for Napster since they're going to depend on a critical mass of people subscribing. They also point out (and I've argued this before) that the fewer people who use Napster the less valuable it becomes, making people less willing to pay... I see a spiral heading downward.
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