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by piker 322 days ago
The second sentence is revealing. The creation of the 787 didn’t make the 747 “trash”.
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You also couldn't just unsubscribe from the 747 and get a 787 a the same price.

Services are not the same thing as physical goods.

True, but the statement sort of implies that the models are intrinsically "trash" today, and we're just waiting for that to be revealed by the next relatively superior model.
What I'm saying without any implications is that there's no point in locking yourself to a yearly contract when the field is moving fast.

You are also paying for a service with no clear SLA or measurable performance indicators. You have no way to determine if what you got at launch is as powerful as what you're getting now. It's all about feels