“We make plenty of money already”: https://mathewingram.com/work/2024/12/09/we-make-plenty-of-money-already/
️ @davew@mastodon.socialwhat's even more interesting is they didn't have the vision to see where putting their own ads on their site would interfere with the business they already had, they would be competing with their customers. having a well-defined business actually makes the company worth more long-term.
for the same reason i've never put ads on my blog, i don't want someone else's pitch to distract from my own. it's worth a lot to get people there to read my writing, why would i want to dilute that.
i've written about this of course. ;-)
it's as if i were running a car dealership, and if i nterrupted someone who was test driving a $40K car with a deal for $1 off a coffee drink at starbuck's. sure it's more revenue, but it distracts their attention from a big ticket item. penny wise pound foolish.
the people shaking their heads in your audience were accountants basically.
