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Offline products without subscriptions go against two base principles of the current tech investment boom (bubble?). The first the that recurring revenue is st
by dangerlibrary 12y ago
Offline products without subscriptions go against two base principles of the current tech investment boom (bubble?).
The first the that recurring revenue is strictly better than one-off sales. That means VCs aren't interested in business models that don't end in "aaS".
The second is the emphasis on iteration - making users connect back regularly allows for automatic updates that allow you to ship buggy software and fix it later.
- click170 12y agoI would understand if they did offer a service that you could subscribe to, but I've seen devices that are one off purchases that require live server access. That just doesn't make sense to me aside from your point about updates.