Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America (2018)

Re:Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America (2018) by aidenn0 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:03PM (#21679061)

Subscriptions for SaaS are essentially a lease, and leases are almost always preferable to sales for the one doing the leasing. See e.g. IBM[1]

[edit]

Software (and other media with a high development cost, but low marginal cost such as films) are particularly valuable to lease, because you remove the secondary market, which can cannibalize sales.

1: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40751117?seq=1

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America (2018) by rasz on Monday December 02, 2019 @05:47PM (#21687917)

Leasing is preferable for Business if you need creative book keeping because you live over your means or need to hide something.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America (2018) by whinythepooh on Sunday December 01, 2019 @08:12PM (#21679100)

For SaaS I agree but subscriptions for stationary bike, for food, for printer ink, for traktors, etc.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America (2018) by aidenn0 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @10:14PM (#21679539)

Stationary bike and tractors fit the mold perfectly; if you can't use it without the subscription, it's effectively a lease.

Food and printer ink are different because they are consumables.

[ Parent | on HN ]