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> Do people actually say "A service delivers me value for its price, but I already have too many subscription services, so I won't use it"? Sounds like Silicon
by bluescrn 7y ago
> Do people actually say "A service delivers me value for its price, but I already have too many subscription services, so I won't use it"?
Sounds like Silicon Valley thinking. If you're used to massive salaries (and massive housing costs), you probably won't care about relatively small subscription costs.
But for the majority of people elsewhere in the world, those costs really do add up. There's very little appeal in renting a PC or games console in the cloud, then getting a sub-standard PC or console experience for an ongoing fee.
- ac29 7y agoJust to add to this - life is pretty expensive these days, and a lot of people really don't have much discretionary income left each month after taxes, rent, health insurance, food, etc. Median household income in the US is ~$63k, and after all of those expenses its pretty easy to be left with something like $100 a month (or less, or even worse, needing to take on debt to cover bills). When that is the case, even a $5/month subscription is a lot of money.
- ethbro 7y agoPoint not being that subscription is not a lot of money. Point being that expecting someone with that level of disposable income to having savings that allow for capital expenditures (instead of amortized subscriptions) isn't likely either.