[bnegreve]

>I don’t need an “argument” to charge a specific price or business model.

I disagree, you need to sell your business model just as much as you need to sell your product.

As a customer,

1. I need to know whether this is a fair pricing for the service, because I need to decide whether I should pay for it, or search (or wait) for an alternative. If it is overpriced, a cheaper alternative is likely to appear soon, and it is probably better to wait.

2. I want don't want to encourage business models that don't fit my usage, to avoid the proliferation of such business models across the industry.

[joshspankit]

^This

Also, I will add that as a (potential or actual) customer: if I think your product is great, I want your business to succeed and for it to succeed it has to have a business model that is positioned for the long-term.

Flat out: If the model doesn’t work, I’m going to look for another alternative.

If the model does not work it could mean you go out of business, or “pivot” to private buyers, or lose focus and clutter the software with “upgrades” in an attempt to catch up. In each case it means the software would no longer work for me and I’d have to find an alternative anyway so I might as well find the alternative first.

[michaelcampbell]

> 1. I need to know whether this is a fair pricing for the service,

That answer comes from you, not the content producer. He's said what he considers fair, for him. You need to decide if it's fair, for you.