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Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 5, 2012 at 07:20 AM

Fredy wrote:
>I uttered lots of details as I perceived and sensed them, about that “paradigm shift”
>as I called it, and what’s really frightening: It’s the big players, with the big
>money, that make the vanguard in this strategic move of which the little sw user, imo,
>is more victim than beneficiary.

I avoid subscription-based software like the plague, 1st because it’s expensive, 2nd because it discourages innovation, 3rd because it tends to induce cynicism in the given business (“people are too lazy or stupid to cancel their subscription even after they stop going to the gym or using the software”).

However, I’m optimistic that it’s the subscription-based businesses that will get lazy and that there will always be nimble new competitors just around the block who will come up with cheaper and better innovative software. It’s all a numbers game. There just need to be enough disgruntled but sophisticated software users that are willing to refuse the subscription model and adopt and support a small software developer.