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by taneq 442 days ago
> And for what?

Job security. The software industry was built on the premise that users would buy all new software and hardware every 3 years. In the mid 2000s they collectively realised that software was ‘good enough’ for most users, and that it doesn’t wear out.

SaaS, the subscription model, “the cloud”, they’re all about making the user pay more than once for the same software.