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Cue the downvotes: keep some part of the compute in-cloud so that the secret sauce isn’t part of your installed product. You don’t have to charge a subscription
by danjc 5y ago
Cue the downvotes: keep some part of the compute in-cloud so that the secret sauce isn’t part of your installed product. You don’t have to charge a subscription fee provided the compute operation is a low enough input cost.
To those who disagree, I humbly submit that you haven’t been in the position of selling an installed app and seeing most use of it pirated.
Another mechanism is to release new features. That way, a cracked version has a limited time value.
- cpach 5y ago”keep some part of the compute in-cloud so that the secret sauce isn’t part of your installed product” I don’t think there’s any absolute right or wrong here. It’s up to the creator really. As consumers we vote with our wallets – either we buy the product or not. I could see myself buying such a product, if the value proposition would be good overall.
- ezekg 5y agoGreat advice, generally, but this doesn't work for offline/air-gap environments like for OP.