Post #4458178
2026-08-05 18:59 UTC
@deprecated_ii@poa.st The entire software industry is based on upgrades and churn. Your software is from last generation? You need to upgrade it to Current Year. Yes, you'll pay lots of money each year for the platform, but it saves money on maintenance.
Oh you already pay tons of money for a platform or cloud? You need to upgrade to our new locked-in suite and save money on the subscription costs.
(rinse the customer and repeat)
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@deprecated_ii@poa.st 2026-08-05 19:06
@PunishedD@poa.st practically everything is already a subscription anyway so creating new stuff doesn't move the needle. they could freeze office 365 for the next 20 years and people would still pay for it and the market is only as big as the market is. people aren't going to spend substantially more on software than they do now just because there's more of it. this is already shown in mobile apps and indie games. spending on those sectors hasn't changed, there's just a lot more crap nobody is buying in the stores