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> I don't know why you think it hurts R&D Because before they had to make the product a lot better to sell you on an upgrade. > The alternative is a dead comp
by justinmeiners 6y ago
> I don't know why you think it hurts R&D
Because before they had to make the product a lot better to sell you on an upgrade.
> The alternative is a dead company.
Were software companies dead before 2013?
Of course, it is legal and fair for them to run this particular business model. The other poster is just expressing that as a consumer they like it less.
- qppo 6y agoYes lots of them died before 2013. Conversely they're not charging you a massive one time update fee. They're charging many smaller fees for smaller updates which is more representative of the development costs of the product, where you'd have to split next years development on updates and bug fixes for customers that would never give you another dime. This is unsustainable for many software shops which is why many of them died. We're seeing such growth in SaaS today because pricing based on how much value your product creates for users, on a schedule that reflects how much it costs to deliver it is much better for everyone involved. Like Adobe is a good example of this. Their products are much better today than they used to be and more affordable for everyone. The real trouble is the CC runtimes which are just shitty software, the pricing model is not a problem.
- justinmeiners 6y agoI understand and agree with basically all of that. All I'm saying is that in the old model there was a more urgent incentive for them to add great stuff. In certain circumstances this benefited consumers. There were plenty of companies that did just fine without Saas.