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1Password went from being buy once upgrade forever to SaaS. A lot of folks bought back when that was the package (and business model) so it's viewed relatively
by _ktx2 4y ago
1Password went from being buy once upgrade forever to SaaS. A lot of folks bought back when that was the package (and business model) so it's viewed relatively negatively here from some folks. I don't blame them, but also, I think 1Password is a success. I just don't think they'd have been viable under their original business model.
- jjeaff 4y agoBut is "buy once, upgrade forever" really a viable long term business model?
- samhw 4y agoI dunno, but you ought to figure it out (for your business) before you make that offer!
- skinnymuch 4y agoWhy? 1PW is succeeding. They didn’t do some huge moral quandary either that would make stopping the one time buying product a moral failing. People like the first commenter and myself have used 1PW for many years too and are fine with what has gone down. Vs a clear moral screw up like the big tech companies colluding to not hire one another’s employees.
- samhw 4y agoIf they said "buy once, get upgrades forever" and didn't provide that, then yeah, that's definitely a very plain example of immoral dealing. The future service is exactly what the purchasers were buying - not a nice-to-have add-on.
- deadbunny 4y agoSeemed to work for a lot software before SaaS ate the world. But who wants viable when you can bleed you customers for 10-1000x the would have paid for the software once? /s
- pottertheotter 4y agoThat happened long before they took outside money, so it’s not related.