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The general attitude about getting everything for free will just lead to less commercial software. Personally, I'm not selling software anymore. I'm selling Saa
by kiba 16y ago
The general attitude about getting everything for free will just lead to less commercial software. Personally, I'm not selling software anymore. I'm selling SaaS. So Instead of paying a flat-fee for software, my users will now be paying a monthly fee. Business owners aren't stupid. They will eventually realize that piracy is impossible to defend against. The consequences are less freedom for the customer/end user.
My opinion is that commercial software will just change, not be less and less. I also thought some people are too dumb to realize that piracy is impossible to defend against and will be swept away in changes. I just realize that I wasn't looking at the right kind of people. Internet savy and those who are aware of the nature of software economic already realize this. SaaS is exactly the conclusion that I come up for a web application that I was supposed and still angling to complete.
- rick888 16y ago"Internet savy and those who are aware of the nature of software economic already realize this" The youth of today are Internet savvy. As time goes on, there will be less and less people that don't know how to find software, music online (for free).
- kiba 16y agoThe youth of today are Internet savvy. As time goes on, there will be less and less people that don't know how to find software, music online (for free). That may be true, but free musics and software are often inconvenient. They might be willing to fork over cash to save time when they're older. However, it is much possible that free software continue to drive up the standard and decrease inconvenience so long as they have the incentives to, displacing paid software.