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I don’t understand all the subscription hate. Don’t get me wrong. I, too, long for the days of DIY car repair and have a hard drive full of mp3s ripped from CDs

I don’t understand all the subscription hate. Don’t get me wrong. I, too, long for the days of DIY car repair and have a hard drive full of mp3s ripped from CDs (snagged from a Columbia House subscription, no less). But this is just how ~the software~ business works now. Investors want predictable ROI. If your business can’t/won’t show *aaS revenue predictability, investors will take their money somewhere that can.

ecmascript 6y ago
Well just because that is how a lot of software gets deployed doesn't mean it sucks any less. I hate subscriptions because the costs adds up very quickly. I try to save more than 50% of my income so having several subs is just not happening. I'd rather not have any software at all or much crappier alternatives of it rather than paying every month.