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Scarcity as an API

Mario Gabriele
Sep 13, 2020
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Brief: In some instances, scarcity produces status. The "drop" is one mechanism to create scarcity that has had a profound cultural effect in apparel and beyond. Going forward, we may see such practices used by software companies, potentially opening the door for "programmatic scarcity."

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