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> Businesses can only survive if people have to pay for the same products over and over again, or if they break frequently enough that people have to rebuy them
by kuschku 9y ago
> Businesses can only survive if people have to pay for the same products over and over again, or if they break frequently enough that people have to rebuy them constantly
That's basically the thesis.
And that's bullshit. If I buy something, I want it to work for eternity. The subscription model costs a massive amount of money for the customer, and is just further rent-seeking, bankrupting customers and transferring wealth.
No thanks.
If you want me to pay continually money, you should continually provide something in return for that. Just to continue using something I already paid for is not a good enough justification.
- ttoinou 9y agoIf I buy something, I want it to work for eternity Software are always installed in a specific environment, which is prone to change. The associated service of support cannot be given for eternity just for a one time purchase.
- kuschku 9y agoOf course, they can sell a new version optimized for a different environment. And I can emulate the old environment. And of course I am okay with MMORPGs or cloud services charging continually, as they have server costs. But I don't want to pay just to keep using a product I already paid for.
- bitL 9y agoYes, it's totally rent-seeking. And this is what destroys economies: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nobel-economist-takes-aim-at-rent-seeking-banking-and-healthcare-industries-2017-03-06?siteid=rss http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nobel-economist-takes-aim-a...