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Indeed, companies should tailor their licenses to the purchasing power of their customers, at LEAST at country-level. Still, I feel like a subscription is a se
by danuker 4y ago
Indeed, companies should tailor their licenses to the purchasing power of their customers, at LEAST at country-level.
Still, I feel like a subscription is a service-as-a-software-substitute [1]. At least when I don't need continuous development.
There are plenty of free and open-source programs. I have gotten by with Gimp for a lot of my needs. There is also Krita and darktable, and even the browser-based miniPaint [2].
[1] - https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...
[2] - https://viliusle.github.io/miniPaint/ https://viliusle.github.io/miniPaint/
- radlad 4y ago> There is also Krita and Lightroom, and even the browser-based miniPaint [2]. Lightroom as in Adobe Lightroom? miniPaint is very impressive, thanks for sharing.
- Tijdreiziger 4y ago> Indeed, companies should tailor their licenses to the purchasing power of their customers, at LEAST at country-level. The problem then becomes that users in ‘rich’ countries use a VPN to get the ‘poor’ country pricing.
- danuker 4y agoIndeed. If this happens a lot, the optimal prices might get closer together. But I am pretty sure the total profit will still be greater than in a single-price scenario.
- umvi 4y ago> at LEAST at country-level. Are you implying it should be even more granular? i.e. People with IP addresses in Hollywood neighborhoods should have to pay $10,000/year for Adobe software but people with IP addresses in Compton neighborhoods should only pay $10/year?
- danuker 4y agoYes. But that pricing would be terrible; I am pretty sure the stated numbers are far from maximum total profit - at some point, even Hollywood execs turn down deals. And number of deals is a factor in total profits (multiplication).