Kim Dotcom’s Mega Opens For Early-Access Users
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Kim Dotcom’s Mega Opens For Early-Access Users
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#2I thought I heard that Mega was going to be partially funded by browser extensions that replace ads on third-party sites with Mega-affiliated ads. Is that not actually going to happen? It was the one part of the new Mega that sounded really shady.
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#3It looks like and unexciting competitor for Google Drive, and Google Drive work pretty, pretty well. Sure, it doesn't have the client-side data encryption and the price per GB is higher, but I doubt the Mega email/apps can stand a round vs Gmail/Apps.
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#4mega.co.nz is showing 'access denied' when I tried accessing the site.
Edit: Looks like the article mentioned that on the last paragraph. It has to do with early access protection.
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#5Aren't we talking a lot about freemium models here? This thing is going to implode, there is no way it will ever break-even.
There are three requirements any freemium model needs to meet to be successful.
1.) Large addressable market
2.) Minimal marginal costs per free user
3.) Enough features in premium tier to convert sizable portion of free users
I think the only point 1 is met.
Giving 50 GB of free storage to free users is going to cost up to $5 per user per month. That's insane. The cost should be no more than a few cents.
And how many users will ever need more than 50 GB? 0.1%? therefore point 3.) is broken too. Not to mention premium tier pricing is too cheap to make it profitable even without free users.
Mega will shut the door as soon as it runs out of investor's money.
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#6What function does a half baked google docs clone serve here?
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#7Am I the only one who just yawned when Megaupload was taken down?
I have no ill-will towards the people who run or use that (or those types of) site, and I don't really like how the government handled the Megaupload thing, but with the proliferation of cloud storage sites hosted by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Dropbox, etc., it just seems stupid to subject yourself to all the security issues, fake download buttons, ads, etc. that you find on sites like this.
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#8Aren't we talking a lot about freemium models here? This thing is going to implode, there is no way it will ever break-even. There are three requirements any freemium model needs to meet to be successful. 1.) Large addressable market 2.) Minimal marginal costs per free user 3.) Enough features in premium tier to convert sizable portion of free users I think the only point 1 is met. Giving 50 GB of free storage to fre…
> cost up to $5 a month
Your opinion. Storage is constantly getting cheaper.
Re: Kim Dotcom’s Mega Opens For Early-Access Users
#9Aren't we talking a lot about freemium models here? This thing is going to implode, there is no way it will ever break-even. There are three requirements any freemium model needs to meet to be successful. 1.) Large addressable market 2.) Minimal marginal costs per free user 3.) Enough features in premium tier to convert sizable portion of free users I think the only point 1 is met. Giving 50 GB of free storage to fre…
> cost up to $5 a month Your opinion. Storage is constantly getting cheaper.
Agreed and not to mention that most people won't use anything close to the 50GB, combine that with the deduplication plans they have and you have a very different scenario.
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#10It looks like and unexciting competitor for Google Drive, and Google Drive work pretty, pretty well. Sure, it doesn't have the client-side data encryption and the price per GB is higher, but I doubt the Mega email/apps can stand a round vs Gmail/Apps.
When did Google Drive start offering 50GB of storage for free?