| ▲ | efskap 7 days ago | |
It worked for Amazon.com in 1995! > Bezos: We got an order from somebody in Bulgaria, and this person sent us cash through the mail to pay for their order. And they sent us two crisp $100 bills. And they put these two $100 bills inside a floppy disk. And then they put a note on the cover of the floppy disk, and they mailed this whole thing to us. And the note on the cover of the floppy disk said, "The money is inside the floppy disk. The customs inspectors steal the money, but they don't read English." That shows you the effort to which people will go to be able to buy things. | ||
| ▲ | TulliusCicero 6 days ago | parent [-] | |
> That shows you the effort to which people will go to be able to buy things. It shows you the effort that some people will go to be able to buy things if they also don't have good alternatives. But if we're talking about a hypothetical Steam competitor, then Steam still exists and takes credit cards. | ||