A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy

Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by BuleBule on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:38PM (#14774931)

I agree with you, this is a topic that could use a good article and as OP, I did not write it. My hope was that others would pick up the thread and run with it, thank you for pointing this out.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by dredmorbius on Saturday July 15, 2017 @10:11AM (#14776680)

As a general suggestion: instead of looking for personality faults to explain some situation, look to systemic dynamics.

William R. Catton, Jr., has a concept he calls "futile vilification", short version: "There is no point to another morbid wringing of hands over mankind's alleged "greed" or immoral myopia."

Longer, quoted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/2v3251/william...

Donella Meadows has a concept of 12 leverage points. "Changing personnel" doesn't even rate mention.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_leverage_points

The history of IBM, AT&T, and Xerox focusing on leasing rather than selling hardware is useful, as is a reading of the history of the publishing industry. Software is, in some ways, a development of that.

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Re:A Critical Analysis of the Subscription Economy by BuleBule on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:47AM (#14812927)

Ah, but nothing catches the eye or flares the nostrils as somebody calling somebody else a psycho :)

Thank you for this, I do intend to drill down into the subject a little more and this will make for good reading, as will this entire thread.

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