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> It should be illegal to offer 'free forever' plans and tiers. No company is actually capable of delivering on that promise. It is perfectly possible if your
by selcuka 4y ago
> It should be illegal to offer 'free forever' plans and tiers. No company is actually capable of delivering on that promise.
It is perfectly possible if your marginal cost is low/zero. The value of a product has nothing to do with its cost. The paying customers on higher tiers will easily subsidise the free for life plans.
If you have no paying customers, well, then your product is at the end of its life anyway.
I, for example, am a paying customer of JetBrains tools and all I get is to be able to download updates. It would probably cost them a few cents a year if they stopped charging me and provided updates for free, forever.
- jjav 4y ago> It should be illegal to offer 'free forever' plans and tiers. No company is actually capable of delivering on that promise. > It is perfectly possible if your marginal cost is low/zero. No, simply because no company or product is going to be around "forever". It's an impossible promise.
- selcuka 4y ago> No, simply because no company or product is going to be around "forever". It's an impossible promise. Real world customers are actually smarter and they don't take words literally. They know that contracts don't mean anything once one of the parties is not around. By the same logic making annual contracts should also be illegal because there is no guarantee that your company or product will be around until next year.
- matwood 4y ago> They know that contracts don't mean anything once one of the parties is not around. Contracts also mean little if no money changes hands and both parties have zero liability. They mean about the same as the pinky promise made in first grade to be friends 'forever'.