This "everything as a service" industry is a terrible deal for consumers. It's a great deal for companies though.
Why should I pay a constant fee for things that should have been one time purchases?
Why should I lock myself into a proprietary ecosystem?
Why should a pay a membership fee to Cos. who just want to harvest my data at every turn?
Lawmakers, in the spirit of promoting competition, should seek to lower switching costs, increase price transparency, increase interoperability, reduce network affects, and lower barriers to entry for all fields, tech especially. Generics, in every field, should be encouraged and widely available.
1(see Spotify, Netflix, most terrible VC ideas(Bryd, Line) etc)
2(see Amazon, Apple's walled garden of hardware and software, etc)
3(see Amazon, most membership clubs)
Why should I pay a constant fee for things that should have been one time purchases?
Why should I lock myself into a proprietary ecosystem?
Why should a pay a membership fee to Cos. who just want to harvest my data at every turn?
Lawmakers, in the spirit of promoting competition, should seek to lower switching costs, increase price transparency, increase interoperability, reduce network affects, and lower barriers to entry for all fields, tech especially. Generics, in every field, should be encouraged and widely available.
1(see Spotify, Netflix, most terrible VC ideas(Bryd, Line) etc) 2(see Amazon, Apple's walled garden of hardware and software, etc) 3(see Amazon, most membership clubs)