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"Subscriptions are ultimately bad for the buyer because you pay more and get less in most situations." - in efficient markets anything that is good for the supp
by zby 7y ago
"Subscriptions are ultimately bad for the buyer because you pay more and get less in most situations." - in efficient markets anything that is good for the supplier will eventually be also good for the customer. Companies compete for customers and if subscription makes one company more stable or cheaper to finance or whatever then there will be soon a competitor using this subscription advantage to offer a better/cheaper product.
- windexh8er 7y agoNobody said anything about efficient markets. Let me simplify this. If you were to lease a car the only way it ends up better for you as the lessee is if you can negotiate a residual value that's lower than the price you can sell the car at at time of lease expiration. In many cases, with cars, you can do that. Computers, not so much. And with software under the subscription model you have nothing to recoup at the end. If you have some example of this working in the consumers favor feel free to share. But I've worked for vendors. The subscription model has never been an advantage or positive for the buyer. Not once.