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In the 80s/90s software was really expensive though. ARPU was probably 100-500x higher than today. Late 80s/early 90: the typical software product was shrinkwr
by johansch 11y ago
In the 80s/90s software was really expensive though. ARPU was probably 100-500x higher than today.
Late 80s/early 90: the typical software product was shrinkwrapped, cost $500, sold in the thousands to tens of thousands.
Now: "Free", ad-based in some form. A few dollars per user at most. More users.
- smeyer 11y agoThere's still lots of expensive software. In many fields, the leading products are thousands of dollars a seat. There's just also now a lot of software that's a few dollars or less per user.