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Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by jamespo on Friday June 07, 2019 @05:08AM (#20122867)
And yet here we are in 2019 and they're moving to subscription model
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Re:Launch HN: Termius (YC W19) – SSH client that works on de... by Terretta on Friday June 07, 2019 @06:58AM (#20123323)
Because now they can rope-a-dope the market segment who don’t need to upgrade every year, usually only with a new computer.

It’s rent seeking of a sort. No additional needed value delivered, artificial change to extract more monies.

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