Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears - eviltoast
Nearly every day, my kids come home from school and go on about some new app or game they and their mates are excited about.
  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.eeEnglish
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    23 days ago

    LLM completely whiffed on this one:

    • It’s not a poorly implemented app. It’s a well-implemented app that in the early stages is not monetized
    • The issue is not that limitations and costs are becoming apparent. The issue is that after the honeymoon period ends, developers seeking return on investment start locking features critical for business behind a paywall, and charge a very high premium fee for services that used to be free.
    • It’s not the restrictive nature of freemium software that becomes the issue. It’s the increasing enshittification of platforms to squeeze business customers for as much as they can before the platform collapses, betting on the established dependency making it too costly to switch to another platform.