Comments on: WSJ on Loopt, the mobile social network http://fstutzman.com/2007/01/19/wsj-on-loopt-the-mobile-social-network/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fred Stutzman http://fstutzman.com/2007/01/19/wsj-on-loopt-the-mobile-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Fred Stutzman Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:10:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=375#comment-565 I don't disagree - that's why my post was largely a call for Boost to keep Loopt free for the next year. Doing so is good for both parties, but the argument needs to be made more persuasively to Boost, of course.<br/><br/>Of course, with all the time I said Boost and Loopt in that post I may have reversed them from time to time. I will go back and see if anything needs clarification ;) I don’t disagree – that’s why my post was largely a call for Boost to keep Loopt free for the next year. Doing so is good for both parties, but the argument needs to be made more persuasively to Boost, of course.

Of course, with all the time I said Boost and Loopt in that post I may have reversed them from time to time. I will go back and see if anything needs clarification ;)

]]> By: More Diapers http://fstutzman.com/2007/01/19/wsj-on-loopt-the-mobile-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-564 More Diapers Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:05:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=375#comment-564 Interesting and insightful. However, you need to keep in mind that there's one thing that Loopt cannot control: the price of the application. When it comes down to it, that decision is entirely in the hands of the carriers. So, whether or not Loopt wants the application to be free is only important if the carrier chooses to listen. From experience, I would peg the situation at Loopt wanting to keep the application free and the carriers wanting to make monthly recurring fees from the app. Interesting and insightful. However, you need to keep in mind that there’s one thing that Loopt cannot control: the price of the application. When it comes down to it, that decision is entirely in the hands of the carriers. So, whether or not Loopt wants the application to be free is only important if the carrier chooses to listen. From experience, I would peg the situation at Loopt wanting to keep the application free and the carriers wanting to make monthly recurring fees from the app.

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