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Most software is fundamentally a service. You want to be able to sync your passwords and notes, and receive security and bug fix updates. Companies need to fund
by ericpauley 4y ago
Most software is fundamentally a service. You want to be able to sync your passwords and notes, and receive security and bug fix updates. Companies need to fund that infrastructure and ongoing development.
- AlexandrB 4y agoI already fund it by paying for iCloud. App makers need to stop reinventing the wheel and then using that to justify subscription pricing. Edit: 1Password is a perfect example. It worked fine for years with any kind of third party sync I wanted - from Dropbox to Syncthings - but now I need to pay for a subscription because 1Password wants me to use their infrastructure.
- einherjae 4y agoThis! Why does everyone and their mother need to host their own backend for basic sync? The likelihood that the end user has some kind of cloud account already is extremely high today, you don’t add much value by adding yet another “someone else’s computer” to the mix?
- einherjae 4y agoThey do, by buying the next version. On the other side of that coin is making the next version better enough that people will upgrade. For security/bug fixes, yes, there’s a better incentive for fixes in SaaS, but then again, if you’re known to actually fix bugs, the likelihood of people buying the upgrades are higher, so there is incentives for non SaaS too.
- xigoi 4y agoA lot of software doesn't need to be a service.
- ohCh6zos 4y agoThat's only true because it has been engineered to only be that way. For example many pieces of software that used to be syncable through bring your own options have dropped those in favor of charging for their sync capabilities.