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The nice thing about selling a desktop application is that the software will work even if the company goes out of business or shut down since it's just a locall
by Osiris 15y ago
The nice thing about selling a desktop application is that the software will work even if the company goes out of business or shut down since it's just a locally running application.
Perhaps users should start demanding that startups provide an "Export my data" feature as a core function so they at least always know they can get their data back out at any time.
- jiggy2011 15y agoProblem is that you need to be able to re-import it elsewhere , so you are relying on another company popping up that is going to target customers who are leaving the last one. Also you still get some problems with desktop software too, for example if you are using a proprietary desktop app that has an unpatched security vulnerability that will never be patched because the vendor went out of business.