> For example, I think they’d still be able to do the pay once model if they abstracted they storage to work with Dropbox/icloud/OneDrive/whatever.
I get why they don't but I often wish more SaaS companies had a bring your own computer & storage model. It doesn't make sense for 95% of customers and the 5% of us who might like it and have the tech chops to use it would just complain about having to pay more because we are outliers. But I wish it was offered!
It makes sense because they make less money that way. It seems like they have some cognitive dissonance where they try to explain their SaaS fee because of the “features” that require SaaS. If they supported bring your own storage then that cuts out the main reason for the SaaS fees.
Also sad because bring your own storage is more secure to me than trusting a company with all of my passwords. So they are reducing security and increasing price.
I don’t necessarily blame them but think their decision was pushed along by the need for big money.
For example, I think they’d still be able to do the pay once model if they abstracted they storage to work with Dropbox/icloud/OneDrive/whatever.
There’s really no value add as a user for a monthly fee. Although lots of people don’t mind. I’d rather not pay for something as essential and simple as a synchronized, encrypted data blob. I literally replaced it with a Google doc and cutting and pasting more. A filter over Google docs does not require a monthly fee.
I have this problem with lots of SaaS products that could be software if they didn’t want or need lots of money.