"SaaS just more popular/lucrative/financially gamable" Piracy definitely killed the ownership model. After Napster and prolific piracy of music for 10+ years,

"SaaS just more popular/lucrative/financially gamable" Piracy definitely killed the ownership model. After Napster and prolific piracy of music for 10+ years, the value of music plummeted to almost nothing. Piracy is closer to counterfeiting than stealing, because the actual value of the pirated good approaches $0 as more and more people have the idea that they can get it for free. This won't happen to any automotive company if you steal a car. This is why I always thought those ads about piracy/stealing were silly. SaaS for the music industry might have happened without piracy, but piracy was definitely the catalyst for the services we see today.