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A "Pro" user to most companies is someone who can send / receive emails, and create / edit / share documents, plus google things they don't know. A "regular" u
by _s 7y ago
A "Pro" user to most companies is someone who can send / receive emails, and create / edit / share documents, plus google things they don't know.
A "regular" user is one who uses their device primarily for consumption; facebook, netflix and music.
The missing tier is "creators", developers / designers etc - and they find themselves lumped in with "pro" users yet their requirements are just a little bit higher. The market for "creators" is marginal, so it'll never be a focus.
For full control, there's "enterprise" versions of most software but come at a huge cost. This is where some "creators" find themselves as well when "pro" doesn't quite cut it, but generally find "enterprise" is overkill.
- sjy 7y agoMy "pro" use case is to allow people to read a bookshelf worth of paper without having to lug around the bookshelf or download it over a slow internet connection. It is a consumption use case! But since what is being consumed is a bunch of PDFs in a folder, rather than the output of a proprietary app for accessing a subscription service, this has always required ... a proprietary app for accessing a subscription service like Dropbox, or at least a self-hosted version of it using SMB/SFTP.