Belkin Breaks Its Routers Worldwide, Issues Temporary Fix

Re:Belkin Breaks Its Routers Worldwide, Issues Temporary Fix by blueskin_ on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @07:56AM (#8426410)

>I think in the long-term, we are going to have to move to a subscription-based model where people are paying regularly for things they used to buy one-off.

i.e. renting software.

People don't want to rent software. Look at the (un)popularity of Adobe CC etc. to show that.

This is why online activation/backend is just a bad idea in general.

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Re:Belkin Breaks Its Routers Worldwide, Issues Temporary Fix by PhantomGremlin on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @09:43AM (#8426795)

> People don't want to rent software. Look at the (un)popularity of Adobe CC etc. to show that.

Something I stole from the Internet a while ago:

        "What is it with these customer-oriented
        companies that forget where their money
        is coming from?"

    Look up the words "Monopoly" and "Oligopoly"

    Short answer is, they don't *have* to care.
    You want them more than they need you.

To further the point, Adobe stock hit an "all time high" earlier this year, on better than expected revenue and earnings.[1]

YOU might not like Adobe CC, but they're making plenty of money renting it to you.

[1] http://247wallst.com/technology-3/2014/06/17/adobe-earnings-...

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