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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by warrenm on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:48AM (#30024193)
>For software the initial costs are big, but after that it can be pretty low maintenance or at least costing much less to develop new features when the foundation is set.

Written by someone who - probably - doesn't understand how complex software is to write/update/expand/maintain

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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by tjoff on Friday January 21, 2022 @10:19AM (#30024662)
Oh I am. The whole point was that you might not need to write/update/expand as much as you think.

And the case have previously been that such development is largely paid for by new users.

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