Re:Tailscale raises $100M
by kodah on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:10AM
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1Password went from being buy once upgrade forever to SaaS. A lot of folks bought back when that was the package (and business model) so it's viewed relatively negatively here from some folks. I don't blame them, but also, I think 1Password is a success. I just don't think they'd have been viable under their original business model.
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But is "buy once, upgrade forever" really a viable long term business model?
I dunno, but you ought to figure it out (for your business) before you make that offer!
Re:Tailscale raises $100M
by skinnymuch on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @06:04PM
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Why? 1PW is succeeding. They didn’t do some huge moral quandary either that would make stopping the one time buying product a moral failing. People like the first commenter and myself have used 1PW for many years too and are fine with what has gone down.
Vs a clear moral screw up like the big tech companies colluding to not hire one another’s employees.
If they said "buy once, get upgrades forever" and didn't provide that, then yeah, that's definitely a very plain example of immoral dealing. The future service is exactly what the purchasers were buying - not a nice-to-have add-on.
Seemed to work for a lot software before SaaS ate the world. But who wants viable when you can bleed you customers for 10-1000x the would have paid for the software once? /s
Re:Tailscale raises $100M
by pottertheotter on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @05:55PM
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That happened long before they took outside money, so it’s not related.