Virtually nobody wants SaaS. That's why the model is forced on people. If people were eager for it, the companies offering it wouldn't have to use strong-arm tactics to get people to switch to SaaS offerings from permanent licenses.
Virtually nobody wants SaaS. That's why the model is forced on people. If people were eager for it, the companies offering it wouldn't have to use strong-arm tactics to get people to switch to SaaS offerings from permanent licenses.
SaaS has one viable justification, and unfortunately it's born from consumer ignorance because no consumer is "eager" to maintain their one-time software properly. Would I rather have one-time purchase models? Sure. But we can't have that because even "strong-arm" tactics like getting hacked aren't even enough to convince consumers to maintain software properly.
Oh god, what?! (Score:0)
Virtually nobody wants SaaS. That's why the model is forced on people. If people were eager for it, the companies offering it wouldn't have to use strong-arm tactics to get people to switch to SaaS offerings from permanent licenses.
Re:Oh god, what?! (Score:2)
Virtually nobody wants SaaS. That's why the model is forced on people. If people were eager for it, the companies offering it wouldn't have to use strong-arm tactics to get people to switch to SaaS offerings from permanent licenses.
SaaS has one viable justification, and unfortunately it's born from consumer ignorance because no consumer is "eager" to maintain their one-time software properly. Would I rather have one-time purchase models? Sure. But we can't have that because even "strong-arm" tactics like getting hacked aren't even enough to convince consumers to maintain software properly.