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Re:How I earn a living selling my open-source web-based invo... by davidw on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:39PM (#26427374)
And having a physical object adds some scarcity into the mix, which you need:

https://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity...

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Re:How I earn a living selling my open-source web-based invo... by atleta on Thursday March 11, 2021 @03:07PM (#26428411)
In our case it wasn't the point. It was more about the plug and play (literally, since it was a background music service) vs "install and then keep it running all the time". We had a local competitor and funny enough they pitched themselves with saying "you don't need any special hardware". I.e. they didn't get that it was indeed a feature.

But it was an interesting read.

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