LATER's business model:
Do nothing ✓
Charge money for it ✓
No settings because choice is anxiety ✓
Works because placebos work ✓
This is either genius or insane. For $0.99, find out which.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/later/id6753189220

#BusinessModel #PlaceboEffect #StatusSignaling #MentalHealth

LATER App - App Store

Download LATER by Nikola Knezevic on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like LATER.

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LATER's business model:
Do nothing ✓
Charge money for it ✓
No settings because choice is anxiety ✓
Works because placebos work ✓
This is either genius or insane. For $0.99, find out which.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/later/id6753189220

#BusinessModel #PlaceboEffect #StatusSignaling #MentalHealth

People are paying $8/month for Twitter verification to signal status. We're charging $0.99 once, to help you signal that you're too sophisticated for productivity apps.

LATER: The blue checkmark for your mental health.

https://apple.co/42IF9Yd

#StatusSignaling #MentalHealth

LATER App - App Store

Download LATER by Nikola Knezevic on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like LATER.

App Store

@wim_v12e I've mentioned the website mechanism in an earlier HN post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27410503

The though first occurred to me in the context of Ling's Cars and its ... exhuberant ... design ethic:
https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/7TOJTiDEF_L4r_sdBRINGw

powerful.

#facebook #metaverse #excusion #discrimination #VeblenGoods #VeblenClubs #StatusSignaling #MarketSegmentation

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