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HN complains about any monetization strategy including recurring payments, yet complains if the company revenue is low. Almost all of the internet is paid by ad
by YetAnotherNick 10mo ago
HN complains about any monetization strategy including recurring payments, yet complains if the company revenue is low. Almost all of the internet is paid by ads, users almost never pays. Company pays, but then the company is paying the money that they directly or indirectly earned through ads.
- xigoi 10mo agoRecurring payments are fine for services that have a recurring cost, which is often not the case.
- YetAnotherNick 10mo agoDevelopment cost is recurring cost.
- xigoi 10mo agoGreat, then let me buy a specific version as a single purchase.
- YetAnotherNick 10mo agoWould you be fine if that version is affected by botnet in the future, or if the documentation is not updated for newer windows version unless you pay. And would you be willing to pay $200 one time or $10/month(say assume the average subscription time for users is 2 years), so to recoup the amount they need to increase the cost a lot.
- xigoi 10mo agoThere is a lot of software sold as a single-time purchase for a reasonable price, so it’s certainly possible to make it work.
- ThrowawayTestr 10mo agoHow do you feel about news subscriptions?