• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    10·
    10 days ago

    That’s the result of a fucked business model. Many software devs came and went prior to the subscription model. Technofeudalism is not wanted by anyone but the software publishers.

    • Geetnerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      To them, it’s the perfect business model. Keep you customers in perpetual debt, and dependent.

    • dreamless_day@feddit.org
      1·
      10 days ago

      I don’t think you can compare software from like 20 years ago to software today.

      Things got way more complicated and applications require a lot more work