Re:Show HN: Websites and Apps Built Without a Single Line of...
by onion2k on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @11:19AM
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What you say makes sense. But that just makes the subscription model of those platform obsolete.
That just means they'd need to charge more than their estimated customer lifetime value to make it worthwhile. If they thought a customer typically stays on the platform for 18 months then they could charge the equivalent of 19 months of fees to download the code in order to make more money than they would hosting the app themselves. If they factored in the cost saving from keeping the app running and supported they could charge much less and still make more money than they would hosting the app.
That just means they'd need to charge more than their estimated customer lifetime value to make it worthwhile. If they thought a customer typically stays on the platform for 18 months then they could charge the equivalent of 19 months of fees to download the code in order to make more money than they would hosting the app themselves. If they factored in the cost saving from keeping the app running and supported they could charge much less and still make more money than they would hosting the app.