Re:The cult of the free must die
by xtracto on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:47AM
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Netscape tried it. GetRight tried it; darn, even winzip tried it but people just wont pay for it. On the other hand, once you start adding copy protection mechanisms that work, we all start whining.
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Corollary law: once a good enough product is released in a consumer categoryfor free, nobody will ever want to pay for anything in that category again, even if they could easily afford it :)
Re:The cult of the free must die
by lotsofpulp on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:52AM
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Hence the success of SaaS and monthly fees.