What is consumer internet?
Can anyone give me a one or two sentence definition of the term "Consumer Internet"? I feel like it is a phrase that is getting thrown around an awful lot, yet it seems extremely ambiguous. In different contexts it can seem to have different meanings...
Thanks
2 Answers
"Consumer Internet" is a market - offering a product / game / service that appeals to the consumer, vs "SaaS / MicroISV" which is a delivery strategy (software as a service) or a business definition (independent software vendor with one developer).
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+1 great description. That was exactly what i was looking for – Eric Amzalag 15 years ago
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@john - Sure - one can offer a product to consumers that is SaaS. One could posit that apple does - its called icloud (wait! that's Storage as a Service!). Today, it seems any label can be affixed to an offering and stick. ;) More important is what value it provides to the intended market vs. what acronym flag it attempts to fly. – Jim Galley 13 years ago
I would say it is used to describe services targeted at consumers (particulars) as opposed to businesses. I don't really see what could be confusing you... could you come up with a concrete example of an ambiguous usage of "Consumer Internet" ?
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Im thinking in context. Like, Consumer Internet business vs. SaaS vs. MicroISV vs. whatever. Unless im just being an idiot and totally taking this out of context. Which is very likely... – Eric Amzalag 15 years ago
