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“Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software.” quote by Fred Wilson
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“Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software.”

Fred Wilson

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Source Blog post: AVC, 2005

He contrasts Yahoo's free, fast, web-centric model with AOL's costly, slow, proprietary approach.

In simple terms: Yahoo is free and fast; AOL is slow and costly.

Key Takeaway

Consider cost and speed when choosing services.

Themes

technology business competition

Mood

critical pragmatic

Type

tech business

When to use this quote

  • software selection
  • budgeting
  • internet services

Key Concepts

platform economics user experience

Questions to Reflect On

  • What factors matter most to you?
  • How do you evaluate trade-offs?
A Different Perspective

May ignore other feature differences.

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