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While I definitely agree here, this reasoning makes me wonder a little at the longterm profitability of platforms like Heroku. Tons of freeloaders (like me) us
by MicahWedemeyer 15y ago
While I definitely agree here, this reasoning makes me wonder a little at the longterm profitability of platforms like Heroku.
Tons of freeloaders (like me) using their resources for our off-the-cuff apps, plus some people using it to bootstrap. As the usage climbs, and theoretically your revenues are also climbing, you get to a point where it makes sense to move away to your own setup.
How can Heroku make money if all customers eventually plan to leave?
- weaksauce 15y agoNot everyone migrates out because it's not trivial to do well. Once out of the free tier their offerings are quite expensive for comparable(well performance wise) service elsewhere.