> > unless you think all their subscribers are stupid
> Ah, there’s the capitalist’s circular religious belief, if it’s profitable it must be good, and it’s good because it’s profitable.
Not sure how you got to that conclusion from my words, unless you're projecting a metric ton of your own bias into my post.
Sure you can turn this into a big complicated discussion, but I still say that for most companies the decisions is "is it a better choice for our company" and that can absolutely involve spending money but also focus, experience, employee happiness, future flexibility and more.
> To think that subscribers pay money because they see a “reasonable value exchange” is to be completely blind to the incentives behind many big ticket software purchases.
Can you be more condescending? Honest question.
The value exchange is not the only reason but it is the primary reason most companies (and people) spend their money (at least in my experience and observations).
It doesn't actually need to be more complicated than that in a lot of cases.
I don't disagree that what you're saying certainly happens as well, but you make it out like that's always what happens and I don't believe that's the case.
> Ah, there’s the capitalist’s circular religious belief, if it’s profitable it must be good, and it’s good because it’s profitable.
Not sure how you got to that conclusion from my words, unless you're projecting a metric ton of your own bias into my post.
Sure you can turn this into a big complicated discussion, but I still say that for most companies the decisions is "is it a better choice for our company" and that can absolutely involve spending money but also focus, experience, employee happiness, future flexibility and more.
> To think that subscribers pay money because they see a “reasonable value exchange” is to be completely blind to the incentives behind many big ticket software purchases.
Can you be more condescending? Honest question.
The value exchange is not the only reason but it is the primary reason most companies (and people) spend their money (at least in my experience and observations).
It doesn't actually need to be more complicated than that in a lot of cases.
I don't disagree that what you're saying certainly happens as well, but you make it out like that's always what happens and I don't believe that's the case.