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What i dont like about SaaS model is that it discriminates poor people and blocks innovation. Every SaaS is targeted to heavy users from highly developed countr

What i dont like about SaaS model is that it discriminates poor people and blocks innovation. Every SaaS is targeted to heavy users from highly developed countries. Medium tier has to provide most value, while minimal tier must be stripped from most important features, so that heavy users from developed countries wont save money choosing it. At the end, if you are not a heavy user or from a not wealthy country you can not use SaaS. So you have worse chances to compete with others. And you can not innovate. Because more and more tasks require having good SaaS. More and more products are only provided as Saas. You also can not buy "older" SaaS as you could buy older cheaper software. So to sum it up as far as SaaS still is a great way to provide a lots of niche value, it discriminates people and blocks innovation.

saassy 6y ago
This is just silly. SaaS does not block innovation or discriminate against poor people. The main thing SaaS offers is convenience. I cannot think of a single SaaS service that you cannot do without or replace with an alternative. In other words, if you are cash poor, but time rich, you can always find or make an alternative. In fact, I’d say just the opposite. SaaS is great for innovation and poor people. Most SaaS have a free or a low cost tier, or a pay per usage tier. This allows anybody, poor and rich alike, to get started without any of the heavy lifting or a large upfront investment.
- aSplash0fDerp 6y ago
  I agree with Saassy. SaaS was a blackbox decades ago, but successful blueprints are readily available to get anyone familiar with and to get them started with creating their own Saas bliss. I`m researching Dynoflowmatic ERP software and with all of the valuable information available, figuring out the "D" in derp was more difficult than finding good Saas literature.
  - aSplash0fDerp 6y ago
    Hmmm. I don`t upvote/downvote comments and haven`t figured out if there`s any value in it or not... I expect to create a custom module for everything, but having access to all the data, tools and software has made it a very rewarding experience thus far. As stated in the other comment, being able to touch it makes all the difference while learning. Measure, flow, automation didn`t have that ring to it, but dynoflowmatic was an easy way to keep me focused on my goals.

saassy 6y ago

This is just silly. SaaS does not block innovation or discriminate against poor people. The main thing SaaS offers is convenience. I cannot think of a single SaaS service that you cannot do without or replace with an alternative. In other words, if you are cash poor, but time rich, you can always find or make an alternative. In fact, I’d say just the opposite. SaaS is great for innovation and poor people. Most SaaS have a free or a low cost tier, or a pay per usage tier. This allows anybody, poor and rich alike, to get started without any of the heavy lifting or a large upfront investment.

aSplash0fDerp 6y ago
I agree with Saassy. SaaS was a blackbox decades ago, but successful blueprints are readily available to get anyone familiar with and to get them started with creating their own Saas bliss. I`m researching Dynoflowmatic ERP software and with all of the valuable information available, figuring out the "D" in derp was more difficult than finding good Saas literature.
- aSplash0fDerp 6y ago
  Hmmm. I don`t upvote/downvote comments and haven`t figured out if there`s any value in it or not... I expect to create a custom module for everything, but having access to all the data, tools and software has made it a very rewarding experience thus far. As stated in the other comment, being able to touch it makes all the difference while learning. Measure, flow, automation didn`t have that ring to it, but dynoflowmatic was an easy way to keep me focused on my goals.