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>Incidentally, I think that's why local-first didn't take off yet Local first is what we had all throughout the 80s to 10s. It's just that you can make a lot m
by llm_trw 2y ago
>Incidentally, I think that's why local-first didn't take off yet
Local first is what we had all throughout the 80s to 10s. It's just that you can make a lot more from people who rent your software rather than buy it.
- OtomotO 2y agoMore and more reliably. When people have an abo that cannot be quit every month it gives more financial security to the company. Previously people would buy e.g. the creative suite from Adobe and then work with that version for many, many years to come
- curtisblaine 2y agoPreviously people would crack CS from Adobe then work with that version for many, many years to come :)
- actionfromafar 2y agoTrue but do all those peeople now pay $100 a month to Adobe? Hardly.
- auggierose 2y agoIf they need what Adobe offers, yes.
- llm_trw 2y agoPreviously amateurs would crack Adobe software and then get a letter telling them they needed to pay or be sued when they went professional. The cracked software was there to onramp teens into users. Adobe has burned this ramp and now no one under 14 uses it any more which is quite the change from when I was 14.
- baq 2y agoThe sweet, sweet ARR. Investors love it, banks love it, employees should also love it since it makes their paychecks predictable. It sucks for customers, though.