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hliyan 12 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

I think it is time we all start moving away from renting software back to owning it (or at the very least, owning a perpetual license). The subscription model is does not exist on a stable plateau. Every company that runs on a subscription model will (and must, by virtue of incentives) to attempt to "develop new revenue streams".

NetMageSCW 11 months ago | [–]

Perpetual licenses aren’t a panacea given that old software doesn’t have infinite OS support. Or sometimes even decades of support is lacking.

GrinningFool 12 months ago | [–]

Unfortunately it works. Companies will never go back - who would give up the opportunity to extract more from customers on demand?

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