Fascinating to see the dichotomy we have, even here on HN, with regards to subscription services. As a founder, they are great: recurring revenue ! But as a cus

Fascinating to see the dichotomy we have, even here on HN, with regards to subscription services. As a founder, they are great: recurring revenue ! But as a customer, of course they suck. I hope this inspires more companies to find a way to build more self-contained products. Even the awesome non-commercial, source available project here, findmycat, relies on a cloud service. For such a product, the cost could be quite low if done well, it could even be priced for 10 years in the initial package, assuming accounting is done properly.