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I wonder if a subscription fee for hardware would appeal to businesses.
by stringgames 8y ago
I wonder if a subscription fee for hardware would appeal to businesses.
- ac29 8y agoMany major PC manufacturers already offer leasing, which could effectively be thought of as a subscription: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/learn/dell-business-lease https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/learn/dell-business-lease
- hiei 8y agoDoubt it - most businesses barely want to shell 5-10$/mo for a single user license of software.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoYeah, but they're already paying for hardware.
- dillondoyle 8y agoI wonder what the depreciation tax differences would be? For us we buy hardware in the 'on' years (our business runs in 2 year cycles)
- Bekwnn 8y agoI'd imagine so, given that's what hosting services like AWS are (along with the related software).
- shimms 8y agoIf they have to buy a laptop anyway, spreading the cost over the life of the equipment turns a capital expense on the balance sheet into an operating expense on the P/L statement, and can have some pretty nice tax benefits (jurisdiction dependent of course). Often plant and equipment is financed this way - photocopier for example are seldom purchased outright, and come bundled with service, support and consumables.
- megaremote 8y agoIt does. We lease all our laptops.