Not quite web 1.0 but I do wonder if there's a market for services that are closer to early web 2.0 products.
For example something closer to Facebook circa 2006. No infinite scroll, a simple timeline, basic media sharing.
Would it be possible to make a reasonable profit by offering simpler versions of existing services just without the engagement dark-patterns we currently have. And if so, could you create enough disruption to move the needle back slightly?
> Not quite web 1.0 but I do wonder if there's a market for services that are closer to early web 2.0 products.
It has for a long time been my position that technical people who are aspiring entrepreneurs (esp. those itching to practice building something) should just clone an existing product and wait for the original to change or shut down. Whenever I say "clone", I really do mean that, and not "our own take on solving the same problem". Gmail's interface changes for the worse, or Vine gets bought and shut down? Boom, there you are on day 1 of the backlash, ready to capture anyone looking to (or forced to) jump ship.
This worked so well by accident with Reddit being able to acquire the exodus of the Digg userbase that I don't understand why people don't try to do it deliberately. And in cases like Vine, due to the nature of abandoned trademarks, you could (eventually) even legally "relaunch" it under the the same brand. This is something that pizza shops do all the time, but it doesn't really happen in SV.
For example something closer to Facebook circa 2006. No infinite scroll, a simple timeline, basic media sharing.
Would it be possible to make a reasonable profit by offering simpler versions of existing services just without the engagement dark-patterns we currently have. And if so, could you create enough disruption to move the needle back slightly?