From: Lea Murphy
If the program does what you need it to do there is no need to upgrade.
many valid comments all round , I like this one best
in contemplating loud services these guys raise some good points
https://www.thebalance.com/disadvantages-of-cloud-computing-4067218
I know from my early days some of the IT guys were dead keen on the idea of
locking in customers on pay-as-you-go IT support services as it made good
money for little effort.. It failed to kick off way back then, but the level
of sophistication these days has brought the model tothe stage of being more
than viable. Also people have settled into their programs and have more of
an investment as the programs have become more sophisticated, so with folks
relying so much on computers it's easier to subtly shift them onto platforms
that best suit the authors financially
long term costs of subscription services - I just worked out one program I
use seemed cheap at $15 a month, but ten years on I've sunk $1800 into the
fees per license and over $640 in forced 'upgrades' - a competing product I
also us was $50-ish flat fee 17 years ago and hasn't cost me a cent since
then.
