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Perhaps next time someone on HN is complaining about "yet another subscription" business, send them to this and 10k other posts as a reminder how good businesse
by kirillzubovsky 6y ago
Perhaps next time someone on HN is complaining about "yet another subscription" business, send them to this and 10k other posts as a reminder how good businesses die without proper revenue.
- ianwalter 6y agoCouldn't that go both ways though? Why would I want to sign up for "yet another subscription" when they can just go belly up and render my investment worthless (vs an alternative with a one-time payment)?
- jandrese 6y agoIf it had been a "buy the whole package outright, no cloud nonsense" service then having the company go belly up wouldn't render your purchase useless. Having a subscription means it can disappear on you at any point.
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoBut this subscription business died so doesn't it demonstrate the opposite of what you're saying? In the good old days, businesses thrived perfectly well off of one-time purchases of products.