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The lifetime model isn't sustainable, that's why they're pricing it out.
by theshrike79 3mo ago
The lifetime model isn't sustainable, that's why they're pricing it out.
- ssl-3 3mo agoIt had been sustained for something like 14 years, though?
- theshrike79 3mo agoYep, but there’s a limit to everything. At some point you hit market saturation and the forever users are just costing you money and new user acquisition isn’t enough to offset it. Nobody likes the subscription model but it’s the easiest way to sustain constant development bigger than side hustle projects.
- hgoel 3mo agoIt isn't sustainable in the context of their desire to pivot to being a streaming service, along with their desire to blow resources on repeatedly redesigning the apps to make the UI slower and buggier.