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Uncomfortable questions nobody asks because everybody is afraid of the answers.

• varispeed 5y ago
  Or they are worried losing sponsorships. Every company seems to be moving towards walled garden rent seeking data harvesting business model, so if they start asking question, they may start hitting the bottom line of many businesses.
  • akagusu 5y ago
    You are right about companies looking for rent seeking. Rent seeking is a global trend unfortunately, and I'm pretty sure this trend will end bad for us.
    • varispeed 5y ago
      Small anecdote: I needed a software suite for work and the cost was around $2800. I took a bank loan as I thought I could pay ~$300 a month until it is paid off and I didn't want to spent this much at once. I bought it. Few months later the company decided to embrace subscription model and you no longer find perpetual license on their site. That wouldn't be the end of the world, until my licenses started acted funny few months later (showing I don't have a license for some parts of the suite I paid for). The support said that they no longer support the version of software I have and they can only advice me to buy a subscription. They said they'll give me few months free for inconvenience. I was shocked!