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40 Real Business Cases Around Me: Hardware for User Acquisition + Software for Profit

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40 Real Business Cases Around Me: Hardware for User Acquisition + Software for Profit The first time I saw the Hardware for User Acquisition + Software for Profit model was Amazon's Kindle Yes, I also have a noodle lid This hardware device itself is sold at a loss (buying one is definitely no loss) They make money by selling bookstore memberships (I didn't open a membership, found a bunch of PDFs for learning purposes only, actually finished reading a few books, should have made back the cost) The second time I saw this model, it was talking about an AI alarm clock? Or some AI hardware A startup company abroad, same trick AI products are hard to profit from, so their path is hardware itself doesn't make money, rely on software payments to make money

40 Real Business Cases Around Me: Hardware for User Acquisition + Software for Profit

The first time I saw the Hardware for User Acquisition + Software for Profit model was Amazon's Kindle

Yes, I also have a noodle lid

This hardware device itself is sold at a loss (buying one is definitely no loss)

They make money by selling bookstore memberships (I didn't open a membership, found a bunch of PDFs for learning purposes only, actually finished reading a few books, should have made back the cost)

The second time I saw this model, it was talking about an AI alarm clock? Or some AI hardware

A startup company abroad, same trick

AI products are hard to profit from, so their path is hardware itself doesn't make money, rely on software payments to make money

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