| SaaS is just hype around MRR. Monthly Recurring Revenue is a morally bankrupt business model that attempts to take things that do not belong in this pattern and force them on consumers. It offloads the risk from the company onto the customer. They get money, you have to remember to cancel. They can raise rates any time, and you are at their mercy. They are rent seeking parasites. SaaS can be good, but I have seen it used for evil far more than good. The proliferation of this pattern means that less and less people build software you can buy and own. Less and less software can run on your compter. What are you going to do when the internet goes down? Then next clownstrike event? SaaS is a liability. The cloud is not your friend. |