A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy

Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by specialist on Friday July 14, 2017 @03:06PM (#14772356)

GP wrote:

"...only reason they'll buy a new copy is if the new one is substantially better than the old..."

The obvious, intuitive cause & effect isn't always the case.

I bought software to encourage future development, vs wait for new release then decide to upgrade. Push vs pull.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Friday July 14, 2017 @03:39PM (#14772578)

1. Why you bought it is irrelevant to the question of what their incentives are.

2. That people are willing to effectively pay in advance for a future release without any guarantees what they will get for it is irrelevant to the question of whether you have the lever to shut off that cash flow if they continue to not deliver any updates of value to you, while still using the existing version.

In other words: You are simply missing the point.

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