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4. Subscriptions can be better for aligning goals. If I charge you $20 upfront, then I just want to build whatever I need to build to make the sale. After that,
by chadash 3y ago
4. Subscriptions can be better for aligning goals. If I charge you $20 upfront, then I just want to build whatever I need to build to make the sale. After that, I'm not really incentivized to improve things or fix bugs unless it's going to directly lead to more sales in the future. On the other hand, if I charge you $1/month upfront, you'll be paying more after a year and half, but if you aren't happy after 2/3 months, you can cancel and go elsewhere, and I'll likely lose money due to customer acquisition costs.
That said, I understand why people hate subscriptions. I'm not claiming there are no downsides. And also, yes, as you pointed out, this is the military/industrial complex, so who knows how this will play out.
- dataangel 3y agonothing says aligned goals like a private corporation telling the government that if it wants its jets to keep working in wartime it needs to fork over more money
- ocdtrekkie 3y agoI generally agree, though the government could just as well prohibit price increases outside of a pre-arranged schedule. Consumers can't do that, the US government can, and does.
- SoftTalker 3y agoIn a true time of war, and not an "overseas contingency operation," the government tells the private corporations what to do. Packard (a car company in Detroit) built Merlin aircraft engines in WWII.
- bloaf 3y agoI would be very interested in following a software-based eminent domain case.
- vageli 3y agoEver heard of PROMIS? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROMIS_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROMIS_(software)
- hulitu 3y ago5. Your subscription has expired. Your engines have been disabled. /s