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Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product?

• metadat 4y ago
  Little Snitch still costs money, it's just a different licensing model. It's not SaSS, so only a one-time fee to purchase for the tool. The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering is to keep getting new features and timely security updates, and support ensuring the recurring expense aspects of the service can stay alive. It's not entirely clear to me yet why PortMaster needs to be a SaSS, but it's not implausible. I don't have any Windows or Linux desktop machines in regular use currently, looking forward to trying this out once the Mac version exists.
  • CharlesW 4y ago
    > The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering… To clarify, I'm absolutely not subscription shaming, and I understand that startups are effectively forced to use a SaaS model in order to attract investors.
• CharlesW 4y ago
  > Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? I personally consider that a "pro". You may not have experienced subscription fatigue yet, which is great. > Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product? You may have misunderstood — Little Snitch is a paid product that collects no data.
  • cvwright 4y ago
    That makes sense. Thanks!