[ivanmontillam]

I've seen IT Security vendors do this as well, in the space of vulnerability scanners specifically.

There's this new trend that big players (vendors with the size enough to appear in Gartner), that are investing heavily in bridging the gap between them and the end user, at the expense of the small players (independent IT Security consultants and boutique firms).

Their new SaaS offerings are marketed as next generation, while making it seem that their previous product is just legacy and no longer recommended. However, it's the legacy product what got them the growth to be there today.

Their On-Prem offering is still for sale, but at a cost very hard to justify. Almost no small player can afford such a cost.

I understand the business rationale behind a product management decision like this. But not because it was the right decision at the moment, automatically I have to feel great about it.