Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the second

Re:Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the se... by wubbert on Sunday February 27, 2022 @06:29PM (#30493979)

I seriously doubt this. They can make way more money billing everyone per month than by the second. They might make more from the top percent of heavy users, but I bet most users only use it less than an hour a month. There is no way that they can find a price that would be worth charging some who only a couple of minutes while also keeping it affordable for someone who uses it al day every day.

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Re:Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the se... by mushyhammer on Sunday February 27, 2022 @07:56PM (#30494760)

> They can make way more money billing everyone per month than by the second.

Based on what? Obviously the price per second will be higher than a fixed monthly rate. See Lambda vs EC2 pricing for example. AWS’ whole infrastructure is pay-per-use and they’re banking.

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Re:Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the se... by KennyBlanken on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:57PM (#30496257)

Because you need Office even if you only use it one hour every month?

Look at the gym industry, which makes its money off people not using their memberships.

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Re:Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the se... by mushyhammer on Monday February 28, 2022 @12:09AM (#30496649)

Software isn’t gym though, it can be “used” by just keeping it in the background for multiple sessions in a tab somewhere, especially if the software does some monitoring so it’s always active.

Whether this makes sense though depends on the software.

For me personally I would not terribly mind to pay Photoshop by the minute because I would need it an hour per year. That’s extra cash that Adobe now just does not see. Most professionals though would still keep paying monthly because they use it a lot.

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Re:Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the se... by saalweachter on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:35AM (#30499627)

How much are you willing to pay for your hour of usage per year? $1? $10? $100?

Is the amount of work it would take to implement a metered rate at a rate users would pay worth it to capture the people who don't use it as a regular part of their job?

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Re:Longbet: By 2027, software will be metered/sold by the se... by ge96 on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:24AM (#30498353)

We're dealing with a video streaming service and the minutely billing is interesting. We're trying to see if we can negotiate pricing, turns out it gets expensive if the app gets used hourly/entire day. -- pricing based on number of participants and archive quality/duration.

There are other options/build your own but the cost to reintegrate or quality.

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