I'd agree, companies which sell software products by-the-license and companies which sell software products by-the-month are both in, essentially, the same business. They've both got price/feature matrices, even the lowly shareware company, which at the simplest level has a "Trial" and "Paid Version" two-column matrix. This is nothing to get worked up over -- it is a fundamental fact of our industry. We charge money for value, and value exceeds marginal cost by a stupendous amount.

I'm sick of dealing with marketing weasel feature matrices

This line would be funnier if there were an ironic marker or perhaps some indication that it was self-deprecating humor. As it is, it sort of sounds like you mean what you're saying. Which would be... interesting in light of your own business model, announced like two days ago.

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