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I'll add that locking things behind a subscription also means that I lost access if I stop paying. Which puts me in an adversarial position against the company
by shostack 4y ago
I'll add that locking things behind a subscription also means that I lost access if I stop paying. Which puts me in an adversarial position against the company if they keep raising the price to see what the market will tolerate. And at some point people are likely to question if they continue to receive the value that justifies the ever increasing prices
With a one off purchase I don't immediately lose my access if for example, I get laid off and need to cut back on my monthly spending. I may lose support, eventually run into an OS that won't run it, etc, but for the most part I don't lose my data and access.
- sokoloff 4y agoTrue, but if the subscription is priced roughly equivalently, you will have enough money still in your pocket to keep paying for that subscription even after you’re laid off, at least for a while.
- BizarroLand 4y agoYeah, nah, I would start searching for someone who has built an interference module that goes between the cars computer and the heated seats and allows me to manually toggle the heated seats without BMWs permission. If someone gave me a brand new free BMW I would gladly spend $600 to make sure that I didn't have to send BMW $15/month, but I bet it wouldn't even cost that much.
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