Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by hliyan on Thursday September 18, 2025 @05:31AM (#45287532)

I think it is time we all start moving away from renting software back to owning it (or at the very least, owning a perpetual license). The subscription model is does not exist on a stable plateau. Every company that runs on a subscription model will (and must, by virtue of incentives) to attempt to "develop new revenue streams".

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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by GrinningFool on Thursday September 18, 2025 @07:45AM (#45288458)

Unfortunately it works. Companies will never go back - who would give up the opportunity to extract more from customers on demand?

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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by NetMageSCW on Thursday September 18, 2025 @09:39AM (#45289572)

Perpetual licenses aren’t a panacea given that old software doesn’t have infinite OS support. Or sometimes even decades of support is lacking.

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