Bijan Sabet
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The honor system
Yesterday we explored Kauai by bike.
It’s absolutely my favorite way to see a new place.
Along the way, we hit a fruit stand which had the most amazing apple bananas I’ve ever had. There was no one running the stand. Instead it used the honor system. Take what you want and leave money in the box.
We ended up putting more money in the box than the amount of fruit we took. There is no change in the honor system.
For the next several miles I couldn’t get the honor system out of my head.
I know artists have used the honor system with new music. Several years back Radiohead successfully launched a “In Rainbows” using the honor system.
Artists using Bandcamp can set their own price as well and many of them do just that.
We haven’t seen other types of media companies, content owners or mobile developers try this method.
Would you pay money for any free apps that you use right now? Would you pay more money than what the developer is currently charging? Would you pay for podcasts or blogs that are currently free?
It would be interesting if the iOS app store or Android store allowed this as a choice. I know I’d use it.
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surajjain said:
I would pay for Twitter
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liad said:
There used to be a restaurant in London where at the end of the meal they told you what it cost but you could pay whatever you liked. Some people paid £0 others paid 5x the actual bill. Interesting social experiment. Definite free rider issue though
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gbattle said:
Most of the vegetable stands in my old town of Orchard Park, NY used the honor system, but it can work in NYC too: lfto.tk/PF6bo8
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