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There are a few reasons: 1. Higher total revenues. If you compare the subscription fee with the sale fee and how often sales happen. 2. More predictable reven
by mfer 4y ago
There are a few reasons:
1. Higher total revenues. If you compare the subscription fee with the sale fee and how often sales happen.
2. More predictable revenue. There are many reasons people want that.
3. The more information (metadata/telemetry) they have on you the more they can use that for something else. That could be details on how you use the app. If they host your photos they may use those photos to train an AI. Things like that.
4. Finding and tracking unlicensed users is easier to stop and manage. Everything is tied to a SaaS. Less stealing software which cuts into revenue.
There are other reasons, too.
In a capitalistic society where the goal is constant revenue growth, SaaS provides a means to do that more effectively. Look at the goals.
- stingraycharles 4y agoI’d also add: it’s easier to operate and iterate. If you have a thousand different installs that you need to provide support for, that makes for a very challenging support and maintenance responsibility. People need to be able to operate the software themselves, and may not upgrade when you want them to. SaaS on the other hand means you, the vendor, are in full control. Sure, it means you need to be able to scale it, but you and only you completely own the infrastructure, which makes things so much simpler.